Saltoun Surgery in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, took to social media recently to plead with the public to stop bringing in unsolicited urine samples. The medical clinic said they have been inundated with a high volume of unsolicited urine samples, often in non-medical household containers instead of sterile sample containers. A British Medical Association representative explained that doctors need to perform an examination before they can interpret urine test results. Each unsolicited sample handed in requires time and medical supplies to complete the test. Technicians then need to interpret the results and often must send away for further testing. Doctors say they want patients to speak to a clinician for a proper medical assessment before they ask them to bring in a sample, and when they do, the patients will be provided with sterile sample containers. Medical staff says the culprits are often older patients seeking to be tested for UTIs without first seeing a doctor.
