is urine sterile??

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is urine sterile??

it just keep on bugging up in my mind whenever i pee...

so it is sterile since the blood that the kidney filter is sterile... unless there is contaminants which is whether pathogenic or non pathogenic...

the only time that the urine becomes unsterile is when it passes the urethra and the urinary meatus where normal flora inhabits...

:wink2::wink2:

thanks guys!!!!

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Just thought that I would put my thoughts in. I am only in my 7th week but my fundamentals teacher said that it is sterile while in the body but as it comes out it is considered not sterile because of touching the skin. Then again everyone says different!!

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Just thought that I would put my thoughts in. I am only in my 7th week but my fundamentals teacher said that it is sterile while in the body but as it comes out it is considered not sterile because of touching the skin. Then again everyone says different!!

That is correct.

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