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Overview
Health Supervision
- Introduction
- Health History
- Physical Examination
- Screening Services
- Laboratory Tests
- Immunizations
- Health Education
Special Health Issues
- Introduction
- Dental Health
- Overweight and Obesity
- HIV Guidelines
- Child Abuse & Neglect
- Language Barriers
- Early Intervention
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Laboratory Tests: Urinalysis
Urinalysis can help identify abnormalities such as glucose, protein, red and white blood cells, and bacteria in the urine. Urinalysis is also a preliminary screening tool for detecting the presence of gonorrhea or chlamydia in asymptomatic teens.
Periodicity and Guidelines for Urinalysis Screening
HealthCheck
requires urinalysis screening at key developmental ages:
Childhood:
- Perform urinalysis once between ages 3 and 5 years.
Adolescence:
- Perform urinalysis once between ages 11 and 20 years, with preference at 16 years.
- Perform urinalysis screening for all sexually active males and females.
- Use dipstick leukocyte esterase test to determine the presence of gonorrhea and/or chlamydia.
- If test is positive, evaluate for urethritis in males. Screen and treat for STDs as indicated. (See Screening for Sexually Transmitted Diseases.)
- Provide STD prevention counseling for all sexually active teens.
