BD VACUTAINER® 24 HOUR URINE COLLECTION CONTAINER WITH LONG CANNULA
For collection, storage, and transportation of urine specimens.
Read product circular carefully before use.
Single use. Non sterile.
Product not made with natural rubber latex or dry natural rubber.
For In Vitro Diagnostic Use.
Intended use:
Graduated 3-liter urine collection container with an integrated transfer device designed for the collection, storage and transport of urine specimens. The product is intended to be used for the patient to collect the urine excreted over 24 hours for subsequent examination. Urine may be transferred via the integrated transfer device into an evacuated tube for transport and storage.
Method of collection:
1) The healthcare professional obtains and delivers a container for the patient and warns the patient not to remove the label on the cap to protect against needle puncture from the specimen transfer system.
2) The patient removes the lid from the container taking care that the long cannula of the specimen transfer system does not touch anything.
3) The patient collects sample as per the facility’s instruction.
4) The patient deposits the specimen directly into the container each time he/she urinates and put on the lid again on the container to avoid contamination.
5) The patient is instructed to return the container to the healthcare professional after the 24-hour urine collection.
6) Follow standard precautions when testing the sample: wear gloves, lab coat, eye protection or other personal protective equipment to protect against potential sample splashes, leaks, or possible exposure to pathogens.
7) Place the bottle upright on a flat and clean surface. The container may be tilted if the volume of sample it contains is small.
8) Remove the label from the lid in order to reach the integrated transfer system of the container.
9) Place the vacuum tube with the cap facing down into the lid cavity.
10) Advance the tube over the puncture point to introduce the needle of the transfer system into the cap.
11) Hold the tube in position until the tube is filled.
12) Remove the tube from the transfer system when full.
13) Repeat steps 4-7 for filling additional vacuum tubes and once finished, place the label in the cap cavity to reseal the cap to prevent accidental needle puncture.
Precaution:
Be careful when handling the lid of the container which is containing a needle under the label. Take care also with the transfer cannula containing the needle.
Not suitable for any application other than its intended use. Do not squeeze or press the container. Do not use if there are signs of breakage or deterioration of the container. Do not use if there is dirt on the container. Do not use if, when removing the label from the lid, the needle that forms the transfer system for sample extraction is broken or bent. For single use, during 24 hour urine collection. Do not reuse. The reuse of this product may affect the subsequent analysis of the sample taken. Keep stored away from light and moisture.
Special precautions:
Healthcare professionals must validate the use of the container for their specific assay-instrument/reagent system combinations and
specimen storage conditions.
Transport of urine specimens:
1. For transport of container to the laboratory, provide adequate warning using labelling and packaging to protect against inadvertent needlesticks caused by sharp located under label. Carefully replace label over integrated transfer device cavity. Treat the screw cap of the specimen container as a contaminated sharp. If a urine specimen contains blood, all specimen collection devices should be classified as biohazardous for handling and disposal purposes. It is responsibility of each laboratory to handle, treat and dispose of waste according to current legislation. Non-used containers may be considered non-hazardous and may be disposed of according to these criteria.
2. Properly label tubes with patient name, i.d., collection date and time and any additional information required by your facility’s policy.
3. Properly label and package any container used to transport specimen to alternate location in accordance with applicable local, state and federal requirements.
References:
1. Kass, EH. Asymptomatic Infections of the Urinary Tract. Trans Assoc Amer Phys. 1956;6956-64.
2. Merritt AD, Sanford, JD. Sterile voided urine culture. J Lab Clin Med. 1958;52:463-470.
3. Kass EH. Bacteriuria and the diagnosis of infections of the urinary tract. Arch Intern Med. 1957;100:700-714.
4. Barry AL, et al. Laboratory diagnosis of urinary tract infections. Cumitech 2, Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology, 1975.
5. O’Grady F, Catell WR. Kinetics of urinary tract infections. Br J Urol. 1966;38:149-151.
6. Hendman R, et al. Effect of delay on culture of urine. J Clin Microbiol. 1976;4:102-103.
7. Jefferson N, et al. Transportation delay and the microbiological quality of clinical specimen. Am J Clin Pathol. 1957;64:689-693.
8. Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI), Urinalysis – Approved Guideline – Third Edition, GP16-A3, Wayne, PA, 2009.
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UPDATING DATE: 2021-07
