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URINE TEST STRIP ELECTRONIC COMPETENCY

This Electronic Competency has been designed for Canterbury District Health Board staff only.

Please read these points before continuing.

• Before attempting this competency, please read and have a thorough understanding of the information contained on the Urine Test Strip page.
• This competency document should only be completed if you are already familiar and comfortable with the procedure. 
• If you have not been trained in the proper use of urine test strips, then this competency is inappropriate for you. Please contact your supervisor or the Point of Care Coordinator to arrange proper training for this POC Test.
• If all your answers to this questionnaire are satisfactory, a Competency Diploma will be issued to you within a few days of your submission. If your submission contains inconsistencies, you will be contacted for refresher training.

NOTE! Do not use the ENTER key. Doing so will immediately display your results and then transmit them prematurely; please separate multiple answers to the same question with a semicolon; when you are finished and have checked your answers, click on the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the page.  

NAME: (Please key in your name in the field below)

 

WARD OR CLINIC: (Please key in your place of employment in the field below)

 

DATE: 

 

Q1. What type of urine test strip does your ward or clinic use?

Please select one of the following: Roche Combur-5 Bayer MultiStix 8 Other

 

Q2. Have you read the instructions on the bottle? Do you understand them?

Yes

No

 

Q3. Does the bottle have a valid expiry date?

Yes

No

 

Q4. What should you do if the expiry date is exceeded?

Please select one of the following: Discard the contents and open a new bottle of strips Ignore the expiry date Carry on but tell someone later

 

Q5. Is it important that the patient sample be fresh, well mixed and less than two hours old?

Yes

No

 

Q6. Why is this? Please write your response in the field below.

 

Q7. Atmospheric humidity will cause deterioration of the test strips. Therefore you should always:

Remove the test strip from the bottle and immediately replace the lid tightly.

Leave the lid off, hoping that someone else will replace it.

 

Q8. Must the test strip be immersed fully into the urine?

Yes

No

 

Q9. How long should the strip be immersed in the urine sample?

Please select one of the following: 1 second 1 minute 1 hour

 

Q10. Should you wipe the edge of the test strip along the rim of the vessel to remove excess urine?

Yes

No

 

Q11. Why is this necessary?

Please select one of the following: Because you are told to To stop reagent contamination between colour patches Less icky

 

Q12. How many seconds should you wait before reading the results? (Hint- the answers are to be found on the Urine Test Strip page). Please write your answers in the fields below:

Combur-8 test strips. All times: Multistix 8 test strips. Glucose: Specific Gravity: pH, protein, blood, nitrite: Leucocytes:

 

Q13. Knows under what conditions the colour comparisons should be made:

Please select one of the following: Dim light Clear ambient light. Hold strip parallel but not touching the colour chart Bright daylight Lay the strip on the bottle, thereby contaminating the label

 

Q14. If colourations appear along the edge of the patches at greater than 2 minutes, is this clinically significant?

Yes

No

 

Q15. If results are inconsistent or unexpected, what would you do?

Please select one of the following: Repeat the sample using a fresh specimen Ignore the result Try the same sample again Get someone else to do the test

 

Q16. If the results are still inconsistent or unexpected, would you: (you may select more than one option here)

Notify the doctor

Ignore the results

Send a fresh sample to the lab

Blame the test strips

Review your technique

Seek assistance

 

Q17. Is a positive nitrite result dependent upon diet?

Yes

No

 

Q18. Before the nitrite test is made and for the result to have any meaning, the patient should refrain from voiding a sample for at least:

One hour

Four hours

 

Why is this time delay necessary?

 

Q19. Would blotches of colour rather than a uniform colour on the test patch, indicate a positive nitrite test? 

Yes

No

 

Q20. Does a negative nitrites test rule out a UTI?

Yes

No

 

Please state your reasoning

 

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• Please review your answers to all of the questions above. Make sure your contact details are clearly stated. 
• When you are satisfied with your replies, please press the Submit button once only. 
• Once you click the Submit button, your answers are automatically emailed to the POCT Coordinator. 
• A confirmation screen will appear with all your answers. 
• Within a few days you will receive acknowledgement of your Competency in the internal mail.

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