Table 1.
GP or GP assistant | Patient | |
day 1 (baseline) | Check availability | |
Obtain informed consent | ||
Collect urine at GP surgery | ||
Perform dipstick and dipslide (and optionally sediment) | Fill in questionnaire | |
Send urine to laboratory (refrigerated) for culture and sediment | ||
day 2 | Examine dipslide | |
day 1 till day 7 | Record symptoms in diary | |
day 8 | If patient did not use antibiotic: collect urine and send for culture |