The Labor Process Of Urinalysis

Urinalysis is mostly a labor process used to observe urine at a microscopic level (Ben-Ezra, 1998). In the urinalysis, one of the experiments conducted was observing the physical characteristics of the urine sample. The physical characteristics included the color, transparency, odor, and pH level. Observing and determining the color, transparency, odor, and pH of urine can tell the person’s diet and possibly if there might be a bodily issue going on (Gutierrez, 2014). For the first physical test, detecting color, the hypothesis was that the urine sample would be a mid-dark yellow. This was considered because the subject did not drink much water. For transparency, it was hypothesized that the examiner would be able to see through the urine …show more content…
Testing for inorganic molecules in the urine is to detect if there are certain molecules such as, sulfates and chlorides, in the urine. Having some sulfate and chloride in urine is normal (Gutierrez, 2014). Since having sulfate and chloride in urine is normal, expectations of it being in the sample was not unexpected. There were five organic molecules tested and some of them were not supposed to be found in the urine. The examiner expected for glucose and albumin (proteins) to be present in the urine, and maybe a trace of red blood cells. Ketones and leukocytes were not necessarily expected to be found in the urine. Glucose and proteins were semi expected to be present in the urine sample because the subject’s diet contained sugar and a moderate amount of …show more content…
Analyzing what color the urine sample presented was by simply looking at the sample and determining the color. Determining how transparent the sample was, the experimenter had to see if the urine was cloudy or clear. To detect the smell of the urine, the experimenter had to waft the scent with their hand and identify if it had a normal smell or if it had another distinct smell. pH level was determined by putting the multipurpose strip in the urine sample for a certain amount of time. Then, cross-examine the color on the color table and the color the strip showed. For testing sulfate, the experimenter had to put 5.0 mL of urine in a test tube, add 5 drops of 10% barium chloride and .1 M of hydrochloric acid. To test the urine for chloride, 5 mL of urine also had to be put into a test tube and 3 drops of silver nitrate had to be added to it. Organic molecules presence was determined by observing the colors on the multipurpose stick used to identify pH level, and observing what shade or color was present on the stick to determine which molecules were found in the sample. The procedure for the microscope examination was putting 10 mL in a centrifuge tube and into the centrifuge for two rounds of three minutes. Using a centrifuge gives a better probability of the sample being processed correctly to determine what substances are present in the urine (McNair, 2000). Next, the urine sample was emptied