Our urinalysis service covers dipstick analysis, urine microscopy, 24-hour quantitative urine collections, and urine culture, providing a complete evaluation of renal function, urinary tract infection, and metabolic disorders.
Urinalysis Overview
Urine specimens are processed on automated analysers with manual microscopy review, enabling detection of infection, proteinuria, haematuria, crystalluria, and metabolic byproducts.
- Dipstick: pH, protein, glucose, blood, ketones, nitrites, leucocytes
- Microscopy: casts, crystals, RBCs, WBCs, epithelial cells
- 24-hour urine: creatinine clearance, protein, electrolytes
- Urine culture & antibiogram (UTI)
- Urine u03b2-hCG (pregnancy test)
- Turnaround: 1u20132 hours (culture: 24u201348 hours)