[header] How to collect a sterile urine sample [title] Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water. [title] Cleanse the urethra, the duct in which urine is expelled from the body, with a disinfecting towellete. [title] Separate the folds of the female genitalia. 
[step] Cleanse using the disinfecting towellette with downward strokes. [title] Open the sterile canister in which urine will be stored.