The physician orders a clean-catch urine specimen for culture and sensitivity testing for a female patient with a suspected urinary tract infection.When teaching the patient to obtain the specimen,what should the nurse instruct the patient to do?
A) Sit on a bedpan,and after she starts to urinate,the nurse will catch the remaining urine in a specimen cup.
B) Clean the urethral area,void a small amount into the toilet,and then void into a sterile specimen cup.
C) Insert a short,small,"mini" catheter attached to a collecting container into the urinary meatus to obtain urine for testing.
D) Wash the perineal area with soap and water,start the stream of urine,and then pass a clean specimen cup into the urine flow to catch the remainder of the urine.
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