Copper excretion

Testing the level of copper in daily urine. Determination of the level of Copper in urine is used in the diagnosis and monitoring of Wilson's disease Wilson's disease.

Daily collection urine sample.

Before the test:

• Provide a large graduated container to collect the urine.
• You will also need a disposable container in which you will later you will deliver the urine sample from the daily collection to the laboratory.
• Take the container with you

On the day of the test:

• Start the daily urine collection in the morning and conduct it over a period of 24 hours.
• First morning
• Take the first morning urine collection into the toilet, and each the next one is transferred entirely to a container prepared in advance Store the container in the refrigerator.
• Make a note of the time when collection begins.
• Continue collection around the clock (each urine output must find its way into the container) and end it at the time it it was started. For example, if you started the collection at 7 Monday morning then it must end at 7 a.m. on Tuesday.
• Making a note of the time when the collection ends, thoroughly mix the the contents of the container with the urine collected for 24 hours, and then measure its volume.
• Pour a sample (50-100 milliliters) of the mixed urine from the collection container into a disposable container.
• Attach to the sample information about the start and end time of the collection and the total volume of urine collected during the day urine.

Note!

If during the collection period even one portion of urine could not be transferred to the designated container, the collection must be start from the beginning. Incomplete collection may falsify test results tests.