glans penis is cleaned with a sterile swab

The

patient voids into the toilet until

half done
Without

stopping the flow, the sterile

container is plunged into the urine stream
The

patient then completes voiding

into the toilet Testing the urine specimen
Put

dipstick in urine

Make

by urine

sure all test squares are covered

Remove

machine

Wait
If

from urine and insert into

until it prints out the results

machine not available: Read

appropriate square of dipstick at the
appropriate time (indicated on dipstick
container) against the references on the
dipstick container Causes of abnorm