Does anyone have any experience with using thymol as a preservative for
24h urine collection? Some commercial laboratories recommend the use of
thymol for urine collection at room temperature. They will then acidify
or add NaOH to an aliquot for appropriate tests.
I cannot find a reference to support such a practice. Can anyone offer
some help?
George Chong
Clinical Biochemist
Jewish General Hospital
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
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