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Quick-Wee: a novel non-invasive urine collection method

Jonathan Kaufman1,2,3, Shidan Tosif2,3,4, Patrick Fitzpatrick1,2

  • 1Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Emergency Medicine Journal : EMJ
|August 28, 2016
PubMed

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Stimulating skin reflexes with the Quick-Wee method can speed up clean catch urine (CCU) collection in infants and toddlers. This simple technique improves success rates and satisfaction for pediatric urine sample collection.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric emergency medicine
  • Urology
  • Nephrology

Background:

  • Clean catch urine (CCU) collection in precontinent children is challenging, often leading to delays and failures.
  • Current methods for pediatric urine sample collection are time-consuming and have low success rates.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the efficacy of the Quick-Wee method in hastening voiding for CCU in young children.
  • To assess the feasibility and parental/clinician satisfaction with the Quick-Wee method.

Main Methods:

  • A study involving 40 children aged 1-24 months in the emergency department.
  • The Quick-Wee method, involving gentle suprapubic cutaneous stimulation with saline-soaked gauze, was used to augment standard CCU procedures.

Main Results:

  • 30% (12/40) of children successfully provided a urine sample within 5 minutes using the Quick-Wee method.
  • High levels of satisfaction were reported by both parents and clinicians regarding the procedure.

Conclusions:

  • The Quick-Wee method is a simple and effective technique for accelerating CCU collection in young children.
  • This method shows promise in improving the efficiency and success rate of obtaining pediatric urine samples.
Abstract

Keywords:
paediatric emergency medpaediatricsuro-genital

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