A female patient needs to provide a midstream-voided urine specimen for examination.What teaching by the nurse would provide a valid specimen?

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The nurse instructs the patient to void a small amount of urine and then pass the sterile container under the urine stream to collect urine for a clean-voided urine specimen.A sterile specimen container,not a clean container,is used.Urine testing requires 30 to 60 mL of urine.The nurse provides three antiseptic wipes or cotton balls or gauze soaked in antiseptic solution for perineal cleansing in preparation for the specimen collection.

A Female Patient Needs to Provide a Midstream-Voided Urine Specimen