Nursing Skills And Patient Care Procedures Practice Test

What is the process of obtaining a clean-catch or sterile urine sample for diagnostic purposes called?

Blood Sampling Collecting Urine Specimens Urinalysis Catheterization

Correct Answer:

Collecting Urine Specimens

Explanation:

Obtaining urine for diagnostic testing is called collecting urine specimens. This process covers methods like clean-catch and sterile collection, chosen to minimize contamination and ensure the sample is suitable for tests such as culture or urinalysis. A clean-catch aims to reduce microorganisms from the skin and genital area, while sterile collection seeks a completely uncontaminated sample, sometimes through catheterization or other sterile techniques. The other options don’t fit because blood sampling involves drawing blood, urinalysis is the analysis performed on urine rather than the collection process, and catheterization is just one technique that may be used within urine collection, not the overall process.

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