Ethylene Glycol in Urine

Sample type

Urine (random)

Uses

Detect presence of ethylene glycol

Precautions

Container should be filled to prevent loss of volatile compound into headspace specimen should be refrigerated or frozen.

Interfering factors

Urine in a preservative tube Pre-analytical errors

If the sample was not collected with the correct instructions , or you received unlabeled sample

The corrective action.

The sample should be rejected and another sample requested.

Post-analytical errors

reports were sent to the incorrect patient

If the patient’s gender is written wrong in the report, the reference range was written incorrectly

The corrective action

communication with patient, apologising for the error, and providing him with the correct report

If the report is not delivered to the patient and this error is discovered, fix it, but if the report is delivered to the patient, apologise to him, tell him that an error has occurred, and replace it with the correct report.

And next time, be careful when you write down the gender and reference range