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Nursing alert |
Always wear clean gloves when collecting specimen. |
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Collection purposes |
Include diagnosis of disorder and monitoring patients record or decline |
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Nutritional and fluid balance |
Amount of fluid consumed and eliminated are good indicator to this. |
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Récord food and fluid intake |
Order to measure total food and fluids. |
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I&O |
Récord in mL 1 cc equals 1mL |
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IV |
Intravenous |
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TPN |
Total parenteral nutrition |
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Fluid intake |
Includes all fluid consumed, whether it's by mouth or Gtube, or IV or TPN |
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Ice |
Count ice as 50% water 200mL of ice equals 100 mL of fluid |
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Specific gravity urine |
Indicator of concentration of urine as compared to pure water |
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Urinometer or hydrometer |
Measures specific gravity |
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Normal specific gravity |
1.010 to 1.025 |
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Clean catch |
Specimen is collected with minimal contamination |
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24 hr Fractional specimen |
To determine charcteristic of urine during varios periods of day. Keep container in ice during this. |
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Collecting specimen from catheter indwelling |
Never elivate bag higher than resident.. cause back flow and infection |
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Residual urine |
Urine left in bladder after vioding |
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Average residual urine |
In young people never to exceed 50 mL, adults usually around 50-100 mL |
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Nursing alert |
40% of all nosocomial infections are related to UTI |
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O&P test |
Ova and parasite test, indicates presence of intestinal parasites or their ova (eggs) |
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Sputum |
Very contaminated, wear PPE. Best obtain during morning |
