The first thing we often do in the morning as soon as we wake up is check our phones, but hardly ever remember to check something our body shows us every day which is our urine. As odd as it might ...

Point-of-care urine dipstick demonstrated higher sensitivity (90.2%) and specificity (92.6%) than laboratory urinalysis for diagnosing urinary tract infection (UTI) in febrile infants aged 2-6 months.

The dipstick test for nitrite is used as a surrogate marker for bacteriuria. The urine dipstick is an increasingly available easy to use tool that can be used in any physician’s office.