Specimen Information

Specimen Type: Urine

Supplies: Aptima Urine Transport Tube (T582)

Container/Tube: Aptima urine specimen transport tube (yellow)

Specimen Volume: 15 to 20 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. Patient should not have urinated for at least 1 hour prior to specimen collection.

2. Patient should collect first portion of random voided urine (first part of stream) into a sterile, plastic, preservative-free container.

3. Within 24 hours of collection, transfer 2 mL of urine into the Aptima urine specimen transport tube using the disposable pipette provided. The correct volume of urine has been added when the fluid level is between the black fill lines on the Aptima urine transport tube.

4. Maintain specimen refrigerated, deliver to the lab as soon as possible.

Reject Due To:

- Midstream urine specimen

- Clean catch urine specimen

- Over-filled or under-filled urine transport tubes

- Specimen collected into a SurePath device

- Transport tubes containing a cleaning swab or more than 1 swab

- Specimen unlabeled or mislabeled