Acidic urine specimens provide a stable environment for which of the following urine constituents?

Disposal methods of chemicals and other organic solvents include all of the following except:

Which of the following is exempt from decontamination by autoclaving or incineration before disposal?

Benefits of automated microscopy analyzers include all of the following except:

Which of the following is not considered potentially infectious and capable of disease transmission and is exempted from Universal Precautions protocols?

First morning specimens provide the ideal specimen for all of the following reasons except:

As the only technologist on the third shift, you receive a routine urine specimen that was collected at 0300 hours.  It is now 0400 hours.  You have been called to the emergency department for STAT blood draws on two trauma patients.  You decide to:

The technologist receives an unlabeled urine specimen in the laboratory; the technologist should promptly:

The patient is a 3-month-old infant with a possible bladder infection.  The best method of urine collection for routine urinalysis testing and culture is:

If used correctly, personal protective equipment (PPE) protects the health care worker from bloodborne pathogens from all of the following types of exposures except: