Urine Microscopy Lecture by Dr. SparksView Page

Primer on how to spin urine (NephSIM)

Duke Hospital Urine Microscopy

The current chief fellow will ensure the microscope equipment is furnished on a monthly basis. Tracie Bach tracie.bach@duke.edu will order Urine Microscopy supplies.

we use Southern Microscopes to service their email is office@southernmicroscope.com  and phone number is 800-227-7276

code to the iPhone (VA and Duke) is 1234

Duke 1A Clinic Urine Microscope

for supplies let Gilda Maga (charge nurse know)

VA Urine Microscopy

For supplies contact Ykenia.Woods@va.gov and they will be delivered to the plexiglass specimen delivery window for pathology on 3rd floorr.

• Urine Microscopy room: 4&5 together then 3.
• Keep workstation clean after each use, and do not leave urine slides or sample on the station
• Rely upon the urinalysis if this differs significantly from the microscopy that you performed then can contact the central lab for further discussions; you can ask to receive or to visit the lab to review the analyzer’s images. The Core Lab Supervisor is Dr. Jesse Furgal and could be reached at extension 17-6514 or by email (jesse.furgal@va.gov).

Duke 1A Microscope

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• Download this app to your phone EP View either iPhone or Android
  • for problems with EP View app please call into our Technical Assistance Center at 800-225-8330, Option 4, then Option 1, and one of the Olympus support engineers will assist you. You must be near the microscope.
• Go to your wifi setting and search for the camera hotspot network ****turn camera on (blue light should turn on)
  • Network should be EP50 and a series of numbers/letters
  • you will be prompted for password… it is 12345678
• You can view slides at bright field (BF) or phase contrast (Ph)(turn the dial to BF or Ph)
  • for 10X  BF or Ph1
  • for 20X BF or Ph1
  • for 40X BF or Ph2
  • for 60X BF only
  • for 100x oil immersion BF and Ph3 (ONLY FOR Dr. Sparks to use)

To polarize a slide to look for crystals

put this polarizer on the light well (the red arrow on the image below)

U-POT Olympus Polarizer, rotate until the light is black and things that polarize (crystals) light up.