Table 1.

Frequency of positive culture or isolation, out of all urine samples received by the laboratory from OPD and IPD

	Total number of samples received	Number of samples processed	Number of samples that resulted in culture and isolation of organism	Positive culture rate or isolation rate (%)
OPD	909	850	257	30.23
IPD	2,242	2,216	1,144	51.62
Total	3,151	3,066	1,401	45.69

OPD: Out-Patient Department; IPD: In-Patient Department