Follow Up Biologic Testing for Exposure to Arsenic ASARCO Hayden Smelter Site, Hayden & Winkelman, Arizona Exposure Investigation

Attachment 9: Urine Collection Instructions

U rine Collection

Please read carefully

• We will give you a plastic cup and a plastic bag with an adsorbent pad

• DO NOT take the cap off the cup until you are about to pass urine (pee)

• Write your name in the label on the outside of the cup

Just before you are about to pass urine (pee):

• Wash your hands with soap & water, rinse & dry them with a clean towel

• Keep the cup closed until you are ready to pass urine

• Do not touch the inside of the cup or cap

• Open the container and leave the cap turned up

• Urinate (pee) inside the cup

• Put the cap back on the filled container and tighten it

• Write the TIME OF COLLECTION and whether it was “spot” sample or first void on the filled cup’s label.

• Wash your hands with soap and water

• Put the closed cup filled with urine in a zip lock bag. Seal the bag. Put the sealed bag in the freezer

• Bring the sealed bag with the cup to your scheduled appointment

Thank You!