Urine ketones

- Sample Type.

A clean-catch urine sample

- Uses

1. Used to help monitor people at a higher risk of developing ketones. These include people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

2. Experience chronic vomiting and/or diarrhea.

3. Have a digestive disorder.

- Precautions

1. The clean-catch method is used to prevent germs from the penis or vagina from getting into a urine sample.

2. Fasting

- Interfering factors

1. Starvation: such as with anorexia (an eating disorder)

2. High protein or low carbohydrate diet

3. Vomiting over a long period (such as during early pregnancy)

4. Acute or severe illnesses, such as sepsis or burns

5. High fevers

6. The thyroid gland making too much thyroid hormone (hyperthyroidism)

- pre analytical errors

1. Errors in patient preparation

2. Unlabeled sample

- corrective actions

Rejecting any sample without labelling.

- Post analytical errors

1. Write another patient’s name in the report.

2. Incorrect calculations.

- Corrective actions

Review the calculations and patient report.

- Reference range

A negative test result is normal.