Ateneo de Zamboanga University
College of Nursing
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION CHECKLIST
Urine Collection
Name of Student: ________________________ Date Performed: __________________
Level & Section: _______________________
Legend (Rating Criteria):
5 – Expert (student performs all tasks proficiently and independently).
4 – Competent (student performs efficiently in an effective and efficient manner).
3 – Progress Acceptable (performance is usually effective and but not always).
2 – Needs Improvement (progress in performance is too slow to judge satisfactorily; task performance is not
most of the time).
1 – Progress Unacceptable (no progress in performance has been demonstrated, and or performance is
consistently ineffective and inefficient).
Collecting Urine: Clean-catch midstream – is a procedure likely to be done as part of the prenatal assessment of
the woman in order to rule out urinary tract infections.
Materials:
Sponge soaked in a soap solution
Sterile cup or sterile wide-mouthed bottle with cover
PROCEDURE 1 2 3 4 5
1. Explain the procedure and its reason
2. Instruct the client to first wash her hands thoroughly and be ready with the
sterile specimen container.
3. Sit backwards on the toilet seat, facing the water tank. Spread the labia and
keep the labia folds apart for cleansing and to prevent labial and vaginal
contamination of the specimen.
Instruct the woman to wash the perineal area with soap and water and rinse it
4. well.
Using sponges soaked in a soap solution, cleanse the area around the
5. urinary meatus, observing the “front to back” technique; rinse thoroughly.
6. While keeping the labia separated with her fingers, instruct the woman to void
forcibly and stop at the midstream.
7. The initial stream of urine is enough to flush the urethra of microorganism
that may result in a false-positive result.
8. Catch the midstream urine in a sterile cup or wide-mouth bottle that is made
sure not come in contact with the genitalia.
9. Screw the lid of the cup securely, keeping the inner portion of the lid sterile.
After hand washing, label the bottle with the patient’s name, plus the date
10. and time of voiding.
11. Bring the specimen bottle to the center or to the laboratory.
TOTAL
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Clinical Instructor
(Sign over printed name)