The nurse instructs a woman about providing a clean-catch urine specimen.Which of the following statements indicates that the patient correctly understands the procedure?

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To obtain a clean-catch urine specimen,the nurse should instruct the patient to cleanse the genital area from front to back and collect the specimen midstream.This follows the principle of going from "clean" to "dirty." The nurse should have the ambulatory patient void into a "hat" (container for collecting the urine of an ambulatory patient)when monitoring urinary output,but not when obtaining a clean-catch urine specimen.A urinary catheter is required for a sterile urine specimen,not a clean-catch specimen.A 24-hour urine collection may be necessary to evaluate some disorders but a clean-catch specimen is a one-time collection.

The Nurse Instructs a Woman About Providing a Clean-Catch Urine