Collecting urine samples

[Christina829]

I was just wondering...if there was a device to make the  process of collecting a sterile, urine sample, from a Foley catheter, would this device be beneficial to the nursing field?

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Many indwelling catheters already have a collection port as part of device, easy to take a sterile sample from them

https://laboratoryintern.com/how-to-collect-urine-sample-from-catheter/

 

[Okami_CCRN, BSN, RN]

As NRSKarenRN stated, most indwelling urinary catheters have a sampling port that can be cleansed and connected to a leur-lock syringe or vacutainer device for sterile specimen collection.