24-Hour Urine Collection

by Cathy Parkes June 16, 2022 Updated: June 22, 2022

A patient asked to do a 24-hour urine collection should be taught to discard the first void and then collect all urine voided over the following 24 hours.
A patient asked to do a 24-hour urine collection should be taught to discard the first void and then collect all urine voided over the following 24 hours.


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