24-hour Urinary Free Cortisol (UFC)
Instructions for Sample collection
Contact main bio chemistry lab for a date and a container to collect urine.
Start Time: Begin your urine collection at given date and time.
First Void: Upon waking up, do not collect the first urine of the day. This will be discarded.
Subsequent Voids: Collect all urine for the next 24 hours. Every time you urinate, collect the sample into the provided container.
End Time: The collection will end at the following day. Be sure to collect all urine until this time.
Final Collection: The final urine specimen must be collected exactly at the end time. Be sure to empty your bladder for the last time and include this urine in the collection container.
After Collection: Hand over the 24 hr urine sample to Biochemistry laboratory with the request form.
** please avoid taking any steroids during the sample collection time period
Collect report at room 17 (Main bio chemistry lab) from 5 days