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Article: Reporting specific gravity urine with pregnancy test.(Tips from the clinical experts)
- Article from:
- Medical Laboratory Observer
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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Reporting specific gravity urine with pregnancy test
Q Our current practice has been to report the urine-specific gravity with every urine pregnancy test (hCG test). This was to let the physician know this result may be falsely negative when urine is diluted. In our last Joint Commission inspection, the inspector noted we did not need to do this and that no one else does this. Is reporting the specific gravity unnecessary? Is this a known limitation by the physician? Should we just comment this limitation with the results? What do other labs do? Or do we not address the specific gravity at all?
A In the past, it was usual to request the first morning ...
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