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A Urine Preservative System to Maintain Bacterial Counts

A Laboratory and Clinical Evaluation

Larry J. Goodman

From Rush University, Department of Pediatrics and Medicine. Chicago. Illinois.

Raymond L. Kaplan

From Rush University, Department of Pediatrics and Medicine. Chicago. Illinois.

William Landau

From Rush University, Department of Pediatrics and Medicine. Chicago. Illinois.

Eduard Jung

Department of Pediatrics, Rush University, 1753 West Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612

Jean E. Barrett

From Rush University, Department of Pediatrics and Medicine. Chicago. Illinois.

Stuart Levin

From Rush University, Department of Pediatrics and Medicine. Chicago. Illinois.

Alan A. Harris

From Rush University, Department of Pediatrics and Medicine. Chicago. Illinois.

The urinary tract is a common site of infection in the hospitalized, institutionalized, or ambulatory patient population. Ideally, urine should be cultured immediately or refrigerated up to 24 hours for quantitative examination for microorganisms. In the evaluation of patients at their homes or in long-term care facilities, rapid plating or refrigeration may not be practical. This is also true when evaluating small children in whom external collection devices are required to obtain a specimen. Because of these limitations, we evaluated a urine preservative and transport system, the Sage Products Urine Culture Tube, in a study of 1469 clinical specimens. This tube utilizes boric acid (1.1% final concentration) as a preservative. The Urine Culture Tube was easy to use and was as effective as refrigeration in maintaining bacterial counts. This system may be particularly useful where rapid transport or refrigeration is limited.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 24, No. 7, 383-386 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/000992288502400704
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