Your doctor requires you to collect urine over a period of several hours, your doctor will specify the required time.
If overnight collection is required, this is usually collected over a period of approximately eight hours, commencing when you retire to bed.
- At the starting time, empty the bladder into the toilet and record the starting time
- Collect all urine over a designated period of collection
- For the entire time of collection, all urine must be passed directly through the funnel into the bottle provided
- Record name and start and finish times on the bottle label
- Keep urine refrigerated during collection
- Ensure that the cap is screwed on firmly before returning the bottle to the collection centre.
AN EXAMPLE OF AN 8 HOUR COLLECTION:
10.00PM (DAY 1)
Empty bladder and discard the urine into the toilet. Pass all urine for the next 8 hours into the bottle.
6.00AM (DAY 2)
Next morning, empty bladder into the bottle. This will complete the collection.
Please Note: 8, 10 or 12 hours is usually an adequate and convenient period of collection but will depend on the specific requirements outlined by your doctor.
