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AAMA CMA Practice Question

While collecting a 24-hour urine specimen from a patient, which of the following steps is crucial to ensure the accuracy of the test?

  • Ask the patient to collect urine at specific intervals throughout the day for 24 hours, excluding the first void in the morning.

  • Collect a single urine sample from the patient at the end of the 24-hour period and use it for the test.

  • Instruct the patient to discard the first morning urine and then collect all urine voided for the next 24 hours, including the first void on the following morning.

  • Instruct the patient to start collecting urine in the morning, including the first morning void, and continue for exactly 24 hours.

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