Why the nurse hands you a wet tissue to wipe before you give a pee sample?!
Question: What is the reason for which you need to wipe ?
Answers: What is the reason for which you need to wipe ?
This is because when you urinate, bacteria off of your skin gets into the urine, the wipe is to cleanse the area so that the bacteria won't contaminate the urine sample.
It is to wipe the area free of anyhting that could contaminate the urine sample.
To get a clean urine sample (to disinfect the area).
It is to get what is called a "Clean Catch".
The towelette removes any hairy or fuzzy stuff that might drop into the cup and spoil the sample.