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Alternative Methods For Newborn Urine Sample Collection, Nancy Ann Burke
Alternative Methods For Newborn Urine Sample Collection, Nancy Ann Burke
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This project investigated the accuracy of laboratory results of urine samples collected from cotton balls as compared with samples collected from catheterization, preemie pampers and newborn pampers. Also, it examined the cotton ball's effect on the infant's skin upon its removal. Comparisons in test results were made concerning the Directigen test for Group B strep (GBS) and labstick analysis, using descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. The infants (21) who were tested for GBS using catheter and cotton ball samples yielded the same results.
Urine samples subjected to labstick analysis were obtained from 30 infants, the urine being extracted from preemie …