Dopamine, urine (DISCONTINUED) | KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Specimen Container	24 hrs urine container with 15 mL of 50% HCl (To be obtained from DPLM Reception, after office hour call extension 1383)
Specimen Requirement	Urine 24 hrs urine collection Minimum aliquot volume - 30 mL
Orderable as Urgent?	No
Turn Around Time	Mean = 12 days, range 8 - 19 days
Testing Laboratory Location	SGH
Laboratory	Biochemistry
Contact Number	6394 1352
Day and Time Performed	Mon – Fri: 0800 hrs– 1700 hrs
Orderable on CPOE?	Yes
Downtime Form	Document Title
Additional Information	Patient should abstain from the following at least 2 days prior to and during urine specimen collection: - intake of food like chocolate, coffee, banana, food containing vanilla, citrus fruits and - medically possible, drugs such as aspirin, Aldomat, isoproternol, labetalol, mandelamine and metocloproamide. If the patient cannot be completely removed from a drug regimen, test results should be interpreted with appropriate judgement based on expected physiological response to these drugs.

Last Updated - 27 Jun 2025