Point-of-care urine dipstick demonstrated higher sensitivity (90.2%) and specificity (92.6%) than laboratory urinalysis for diagnosing urinary tract infection (UTI) in febrile infants aged 2-6 months.

Also known as a dipstick test, the one-time sample test involves collecting a single urine sample in a sterile container. The kit to collect the sample will typically contain instructions to help ...

Doctors and labs use a few different tests to look for blood in the urine. Urinalysis (microscopic exam) is usually the first test you’ll encounter after a dipstick test.

Methods A total of 30 urine specimens were collected from the emergency department at our hospital and were simultaneously tested for urinalysis (UA) on POCT Siemens Clinitek Status+ analyzer using ...

The second test is taking a urine dipstick test, which can be done at home. “But that test, might not be as sensitive as compared to the first one,” she cautions.

"Urine dipstick tests are too likely to miss infections hiding in the bladder wall, especially when a patient's first response to discomfort is to drinks lots of water, which dilutes the test.