The nurse instructs a woman about providing a clean-catch urine specimen.Which of the following statements indicates that the patient correctly understands the procedure?

A) "I will be sure to urinate into the 'hat' you placed on the toilet seat."
B) "I will wipe my genital area from front to back before I collect the specimen midstream."
C) "I will need to lie still while you put in a urinary catheter to obtain the specimen."
D) "I will collect my urine each time I urinate for the next 24 hours."

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Soule Cretney · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B , Explanation :  To obtain a clean-catch urine specimen,the nurse should instruct the patient to cleanse the genital area from front to back and collect the specimen midstream.This follows the principle of going from clean to dirty. The nurse should have the ambulatory patient void into a hat (container for collecting the urine of an ambulatory patient)when monitoring urinary output,but not when obtaining a clean-catch urine specimen.A urinary catheter is required for a sterile urine specimen,not a clean-catch specimen.A 24-hour urine collection may be necessary to evaluate some disorders but a clean-catch specimen is a one-time collection.

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