Table of Contents
- Overview
- Results
- Risks
- Prevention
- Images
Urine collection - clean catch; Clean catch urine specimen
What the risks are
There are no known risks.
Special considerations
This is a common method used to collect urine. You may have a false-negative urine culture if you've recently taken antibiotics.
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Urine culture Prevention
Review Date: 01/10/2010
Reviewed By: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and Louis
S. Liou, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Urology, Department of
Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
