2017 Barts NHS Hospital London: Urine sample contamination from 23% to 1.5% using Peezy Midstream

A comparative historic Quality Improvement Audit of specimens collected in Urology Clinic, with results recorded in Microbiology: Peezy Midstream was used by patients required to provide a midstream urine specimen (MSU). The lids of the urine specimen containers were marked with a coloured sticker before sending to microbiology for analysis, making them easily identifiable. The microbiology lab recorded contamination rates in 66 patient sample, which showed a dramatic reduction in urine specimen mixed growth from over 17% to just 1.5%.