Young parents, who first encountered the problem of taking tests from a child, naively believe that the most difficult thing is to take blood from the baby. And very much mistaken. Finger or vein blood sampling is performed by experienced medical professionals, and the role of parents is only to calm the child after the procedure. But getting a portion of urine, and at a strictly defined time, as a rule, in the morning, is very, very difficult. What parents just do not come up with! Some keep watch with a jar for several hours, others try to stimulate the baby with the sound of pouring water, and some even put the baby on a cold diaper. Meanwhile, there is no need to spend so much effort and time. After all, there is such a thing as a children's urinal - a simple and very useful device for collecting urine.
How is the urinal arranged? In fact, it is a transparent plastic container that resembles a regular plastic bag, but smaller and more elongated in rectangular shape. There is a hole in the children's urinal, along the edges of which a special fixing glue is applied. Accessories for boys and girls are slightly different, but work on the same principle.
How to use a baby urinal: instructions
- In order to ensure the reliability of the results, it is necessary to maintain cleanliness. Before the procedure, you need to wash your hands and wash the baby well.
- Open the packaging and open the urinal.
- Remove the paper protective strip from the adhesive layer near the opening in the container.
- Attach the urinal. The boys put a penis inside the tank, for girls the device is glued to the labia.
- Wait for the result. There are special divisions on the urinal showing the amount of fluid collected. Usually, a minimal amount is necessary for analysis, but if there is any doubt, it is better to check with the doctor.
- Carefully peel off the urinal, cut off the corner and pour the contents into a clean jar.
How much is a children's urinal? The price of this device is low - 10-15 rubles at retail. You can buy at any pharmacy. In bulk, such a product is even cheaper - from 8 rubles, but can only be purchased in a batch of at least 100 pcs. This is very convenient for hospitals, but for an ordinary family this amount is clearly excessive.
Parents sometimes worry that they can hurt the baby when the urinal is peeled off, or that the glue itself may contain harmful substances. However, these fears have no basis - the sticky base can not harm the baby or cause irritation on the delicate baby skin.
There is another point that worries parents. Very often the question arises as to whether a children's urinal can cause a poor urinalysis. The answer to it is unequivocal - no, it cannot. The capacity of the urinal is sterile, therefore the reliability of the obtained indicators does not depend on this factor.
As practice has shown, such a simple device as a children's urinal can significantly simplify the life of parents, as well as get rid of all ineffective, and sometimes even barbaric, methods of collecting urine from a child.