Kidney stone collection kit

Avoid rejection and delayed processing by sending the stone completely dried in a clean container. Do not send gauze, filters, tape or Q-tips. Stones that are not received completely dried will result in delayed processing.

• Calculi must be submitted completely dry.
• Do not ship in urine or formalin.
  • There will be delay in analyzing and reporting specimens not received completely dry.
• Do not attach calculi to cellulose tape.
• Specimens should not be submitted in in gauze, filters, taped, or on Q-tips.

Cup from the Kidney stone collection kit

Clean (or sterile) container or capsule

• Provide source (urinary, gall, salivary) of calculi

Ambient

• Urine; Stone analysis is not performed on urine samples

Infrared spectroscopy

• Size (mm)
• Weight (mg)
• Composition (%)