Definition of Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food) taken from the 2005 FDA Food Code, Section 1-201.10(B) Table B. Interaction of pH and aw for control of vegetative cells and spores in food not heat-treated or heat-treated but not packaged.
Most catheters have a small port located on the catheterâs tubing near the end of the catheter that is attached to the collection bag. To obtain a sample, cleanse the port using an alcohol swab. Then, using a sterile syringe, withdraw a sample of urine directly from the tubing of the catheter.
urine collected in this manner is sterile; if catheter is used just for sterile urine specimen, use in-and-out catheterization just long enough to collect the specimen; if the patient already has a catheter, use a syringe to draw urine from the port in the catheter; never collect urine from the drainage bag.