Vaginal/Prostate/Urethral Discharge may

2017-07-29 07:57:02
Vaginal/Prostate/Urethral Discharge may contaminate the urine sample and cause factitious presence of pus cells in urine. means
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These are secretions which inherently have epithelial cells and WBCs which may contaminate the sample. Hence it is advised to clean yourself before giving the sample and give the mid stream urine for analysis if you are looking for UTI.

Answered2017-07-31 13:28:35

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