Urine Analysis

[Enkidu]

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Does a pathologist have to look at urine to find crystals and casts, or does some kind of lab tech do that?

 

[Autopsy101]

Medical technologists working in our chemistry and microbioloy labs do that at our hospital. When they find something unusual, difficult, or complicated - then the case is reflexed to a pathologist for viewing and identification.

 

[pathstudent]

Medical technologists working in our chemistry and microbioloy labs do that at our hospital. When they find something unusual, difficult, or complicated - then the case is reflexed to a pathologist for viewing and identification.

....and then we look at the tech and say "what is this?"

 

[KCShaw]

Some of the CP people I've worked with looked at those on a semi-regular basis -- enough to have an idea, but not enough to really train residents with. When I was in Oz as an intern I worked with a nephrologist who would generally go in and read them himself, although I don't know who actually entered a signed-off report.

 

[deleted314957]

our techs do them and urinary sediment cast identification is a regular part of urine miicroscopy the CAP PT.