Absolutely every person has encountered collecting urine for examination at least once in his life. And if in adulthood collecting urine is not difficult, then with children it is different. Especially if urine collection is necessary for an infant. You should not panic at the mere thought of how to collect urine from an infant for analysis, because everything is actually not as difficult as it seems at first glance. There are a number of effective and simple methods that are tested by time and moms.
Methods for collecting urine for analysis in infants
When collecting urine, you can use the following containers:
- a special urinal;
- glass or plastic containers;
- ordinary clean plastic bag.
With the urinal
In the pharmacy network, sterile urine collectors are in free sale, which are a small bag with an opening. Attaching the urinal with Velcro between the legs of the baby is quite easy, but it is better to purchase several packages just in case. Velcro is hypoallergenic, so you should not worry about possible irritations on the skin of the crumbs.
Not the best idea would be to place the urinal under the diaper, as the result will be an empty bag and a swollen diaper.
Before collecting urine from the baby, it must be thoroughly washed, and then a package should be attached to its legs. To quickly get the desired result, you can stand at the tap with open water. The kid should never sit - the procedure is carried out while standing. If the child is too small and still not standing, you will have to carry it in your arms. At the end of the procedure, the contents of the package are poured into a sterile container.
Video instruction: How to use the urinal. Collecting a urinalysis in a newborn
By plastic or glass containers
For this method, a plastic container for collecting urine, purchased at a pharmacy, or any small and clean jar available in the house is suitable. A container from juice or baby food is quite suitable. It is better to rinse the glass container with boiling water.
Urination in infants occurs at certain intervals, which can be detected with a watch. And if mom missed one such process, then for the next it is better to keep the jar ready. In this case, there will be no unnecessary questions about how to collect urine from the boy - it is enough to substitute the container under the stream. Another method is suitable for girls, since for this method you will need another person holding a jar.
With a plastic bag
There are situations when, for some reason, it was not possible to purchase a urinal, and the container is not a way out.You can take a regular transparent plastic bag with handles, cut the handles so that they can be tied around the legs, make small cuts in the bag on the sides and fix it on the child. As a result, a sac forms where urine is collected. The baby should be kept upright, and after urination, the contents of the package are gently poured into a sterile jar.
This method will help solve the problem of how to collect urine from a girl, as it is universal for both sexes. If the baby can’t stand because of her age, she can be put on the expanded package, after laying the oilcloth down. It's okay that part of the urine will pour out - the remaining amount is quite enough for examination. The package can also be tied around the legs and take the crumbs on the handles in a horizontal position. Breasts are prone to urination during a meal, therefore, to achieve immediate results, it is better to attach the baby to the chest.
Bad advice
Surrounded by young mothers, there will always be an "all-knowing" person who gives a lot of advice that can hardly be put into practice. Here are just a few of them:
- “Let the child calmly pee on the diaper or in the diaper - then unscrew it.” The absorbent inside a modern diaper instantly turns urine into gel. It is unlikely that such a substance will be accepted for examination in at least one laboratory. As for the diaper, it is not possible to get enough urine out of it, even if it is passed through a press. And if you add to this particles of tissue fibers that fall into the collection container, you can immediately put an end to the results of the analysis.
- "Put the child on the pot and pour into the jar." No plastic pot can be perfectly sterilized. Boiling water is not an assistant in this matter, the most expensive household cleaning products will not save. Urine obtained in this way will contain an increased number of white blood cells, and bacterial culture will be far from the true state of things.
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How to collect urine for analysis in a child without problems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE3WR9YkxFE
For dads, especially young people, this is a big problem, since there are articles that help in such situations. But for mothers, such “difficulties” should not arise. Experience is passed down from generation to generation from their mothers.
Oh, we had the same trouble !! when we were told that the first tests were needed, I broke my head how to do this !! it’s easier with the boys! the benefit is that my sister works in a pharmacy, she advised the urine collector, they were saved only by this, although it only happened the second time. now I use them before analysis, very convenient !!!
It’s not clear about the package, i.e. you can’t sterilize the pot, but how to sterilize the bag is usual
For me it’s a tragedy to collect urine from a child: I probably don’t know how to properly install / attach / stick this thing. But she will either spoil it, or urine will pass by ... already spoiled the nth amount and to no avail ...
How to remove a bag without pain?