Saunders Clinical Skills for Medical Assistants
Disk Six: Collecting and Testing Urine and Microbiology Specimens
By- . Saunders
This exciting series consists of 10 DVDs that present over 140 core medical assisting skills in an innovative, interactive video format. Each DVD is divided into individual sections and features at least 13 videos that follow a consistent format and focus on an essential medical assisting skill set. Actual medical assistants perform all the skills, as well as skill variations, demonstrating proper technique in the clinical setting. Interactive onscreen review questions reinforce key concepts and test understanding.
DVD,
Published: December 2006
Imprint: Saunders
ISBN: 978-1-4160-2433-0
Contents
- DVD SIX: COLLECTING AND TESTING URINE AND MICROBIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
12 skills/16 videos Approx. running time: 80 minutes
Section 1: Collecting and Transporting Urine Specimens
6.1.1 Instructing Patients to Collect Urine Specimens
Procedure: Clean-Catch Midstream Urine Specimen
Variation: Random Urine Specimen
Variation: First Morning Specimen
6.1.2 Instructing a Patient to Collect a 24-Hour Urine Specimen
6.1.3 Using a Pediatric Urine Collection Device
6.1.4 Preparing Urine Specimens for Transport
Section 2: Urinalysis
6.2.1 Assessing Urine for Color and Turbidity
6.2.2 Dipstick Urinalysis
Variation: Automated Clinitek Instrument
6.2.3 Preparation for Microscopic Examination of Urine
Variation: Kova Method
Section 3: Other Urine Tests
6.3.1 Urine Pregnancy Test
Section 4: Collecting Microbiology Specimens
6.4.1 Collecting a Specimen for Throat Culture
6.4.2 Collecting a Wound Specimen
6.4.3 Collecting a Sputum Specimen
Section 5: Performing Microbiology Testing
6.5.1.1 Performing a Rapid Strep Test
