ABSTRACT
Automation and mechanization has made an impressive contribution to most of the phases of clinical laboratory study. These have included chemical analysis of blood, blood cell counting, blood smear staining, pipetting, weighing, and a host of other procedures. Clinilab performs a routine chemical urinalysis on each urine specimen and also provides a specific gravity result. The tests performed by Clinilab are those for pH, protein, glucose, ketone bodies, bilirubin, occult blood, and specific gravity. The physiological aspects of mechanically performed urine testing are the same as those of manually performed urine testing. The utility of the instrument for automated routine urinalysis is the same as the utility of the results obtained with manual use of the six chemical tests and specific gravity. The general limitations applicable to urine study which involve deteriorated specimens and interfering substances, for example, obviously also apply to automated urinalysis.
