Sample Requirements:
Centrifuged sample; Fresh sample; Fresh, clean-catch
Purpose:
Assess bleeding in urinary tract; Indicate infection or inflammation; Evaluate contamination or tubular damage; Evaluate kidney tubule health; Indicate stone risk or metabolic disorder; Suggest infection or contamination; Detect fungal or parasitic infection
High Levels:
High (trauma, stones, malignancy); High (UTI, pyelonephritis); High (contamination, nephritis); RBC, WBC, granular casts (pathologic); Urate, oxalate, cystine, triple phosphate; Moderate to many (infection); Candida, Trichomonas detected
Low Levels:
None or few; Few squamous/transitional cells; No casts; Absent; None; Not present
Reference Range:
0–3/HPF; 0–5/HPF; Few/HPF; None or occasional hyaline; None or occasional; None; None detected