title: A urine collector for separating the initial, midstream and final portions of voided urine in infancy and early childhood.
abstract: The object of this study was to design a simple and non-invasive method for the collection of uncontaminated urine samples in children aged up to 4 years. We developed a disposable plastic midstream urine collector for use in combination with a specially designed chair which was simple to use and cost effective. In this study we compared the initial portion, midstream and final portion during a single voiding in 40 children and found significant differences between initial and other fractions of the urine sample.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*