Urine Analyzer

A urinalysis is a set of tests that looks at the appearance of your pee (urine) and checks for blood cells, proteins and other substances in it. You provider might use it as a routine screening test or to look for signs of infection, kidney or liver disease, diabetes or other health conditions. A lot of people know a urinalysis as simply "the test where you pee in a cup." And usually, that's all you need to do for your part. Then your provider sends your sample to a lab, where they note its appearance, test it for certain substances (urine dipstick) and look at it under a microscope. Often, providers can do a simple urine dipstick test in their office and get the results right away.