PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - S.M. Bradbury
TI  - Collection of urine specimens in general practice: to clean or not to clean?
DP  - 1988 Aug 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 363--365
VI  - 38
IP  - 313
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/38/313/363.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/38/313/363.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1988 Aug 01; 38
AB  - The usefulness of preparatory vulval cleansing before urine specimen collection was evaluated in women aged 16 to 75 years attending a general practice. A total of 316 specimens were examined, 158 from women with symptoms of cystitis and 158 from controls. No significant differences were found in the numbers of contaminated or unreliable results between the specimens collected with and those collected without preparatory cleansing.