Urine Dipstick Test | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Urine is normally sterile - this means its completely free of germs (bacteria) - and only has in it waste chemicals from all of the millions of chemical reactions that go on in your body all of the time.

But in some conditions chemicals that shouldnt normally be there get through the filtering systems in your kidneys and get into your urine. This is where urine dipstick testing comes in.

A urine dipstick test is the quickest way to test urine. It involves dipping a specially treated paper strip into a sample of your urine. This can be done during your appointment with your doctor, midwife or other health professional. The results are usually available within 60-120 seconds. Your sample doesnt need to be sent to a laboratory for a urine dipstick test, although if the test is abnormal you might need to do another sample to be sent for further testing in a ...