Urinox-10 Urinalysis Test Strips

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Urinox-10 Urinalysis Test Strips

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What your result might look like.

Ten pads, each with its own scale and its own reading time. Match every pad to its 
row on the chart and read them as a set — one pad on its own rarely says much.

  • Leukocytes

    Leukocytes

    Normally negative · 1+ or above is significant

    What it means

    White blood cells in urine, which the body sends where there's inflammation or infection. Normal samples generally read negative.

    What it doesn't mean

    A single trace reading is of questionable significance. Trace appearing repeatedly is a different matter.

    What to do next

    1+ or above is worth taking to a provider, especially alongside symptoms.
  • Nitrite

    Nitrite

    Normally negative

    What it means

    Nitrite appears when bacteria convert the nitrate that's normally in urine. The pad is specific to nitrite and doesn't react to anything else normally present.

    What it doesn't mean

    A negative doesn't rule out a urinary tract infection. Plenty of bacteria never produce nitrite at all.

    What to do next

    A positive is worth a provider's attention, particularly with leukocytes alongside it.
  • Urobilinogen

    Urobilinogen

    Normal 3 – 16 µmol/L · 33 µmol/L is the transition to abnormal

    What it means

    A by-product of the body clearing old red blood cells. Some is normal in everyone's urine.

    What it doesn't mean

    This pad can't show the absence of urobilinogen — a low reading tells you nothing, only a raised one does.

    What to do next

    A reading at or above the transition point is worth evaluating further with a provider.
  • Protein

    Protein

    Normally negative · anything above trace is significant

    What it means

    Healthy kidneys let only a minute amount of protein through, below what this pad detects. Any block above trace indicates significant proteinuria.

    What it doesn't mean

    A raised reading doesn't name a cause. Exercise, fever and dehydration all push it up temporarily.

    What to do next

    Above trace, retest on another day and take both results to a provider.
  • pH

    pH

    Reads 5.0 – 8.5 · normal urine is slightly acidic

    What it means

    How acidic or alkaline your urine is. Diet moves it, and so does the time of day you test.

    What it doesn't mean

    One pH reading diagnoses nothing. The pad reads to within about one unit, so small shifts aren't meaningful.

    What to do next

    Read it alongside the other pads rather than on its own. A consistently high pH is worth mentioning to a provider.
  • Blood

    Blood

    Normally negative · trace needs judgement

    What it means

    Blood in urine that may or may not be visible. It's often found in the urine of anyone who is menstruating.

    What it doesn't mean

    The insert is explicit that the significance of a trace reaction varies from person to person. It also can't tell you where the blood came from.

    What to do next

    A clear positive, or blood that keeps appearing, needs a provider's assessment.
  • Specific gravity

    Specific gravity

    Reads 1.000 – 1.030 · healthy adults typically 1.003 – 1.030

    What it means

    How concentrated your urine is — a measure of hydration and of how well the kidneys concentrate.

    What it doesn't mean

    One reading is a single moment in a day. First morning urine reads higher than anything later.

    What to do next

    Test at the same time of day if you're tracking. A persistent reading at either extreme is worth raising.
  • Ketone

    Ketone

    Normally negative

    What it means

    Ketones appear when the body burns fat for fuel instead of glucose. Normal samples usually read negative.

    What it doesn't mean

    A positive doesn't name a cause. A low-carbohydrate diet, fasting and illness all produce ketones.

    What to do next

    If you aren't eating in a way that would explain it, take the result to a provider.
  • Bilirubin

    Bilirubin

    Normally negative · any trace is abnormal

    What it means

    Bilirubin isn't detectable in healthy urine by even the most sensitive methods. The insert is unusually firm here: even a trace is abnormal enough to need looking into.

    What it doesn't mean

    The pad can't tell you whether the cause is the liver, the bile ducts, or red blood cells breaking down.

    What to do next

    Any reading above negative should go to a provider.
  • Glucose

    Glucose

    Normally negative

    What it means

    The kidneys normally reabsorb glucose, so only tiny amounts reach urine — usually below what this pad can see.

    What it doesn't mean

    This pad tells you glucose is present, not why. It isn't a blood sugar measurement and it isn't a diabetes test.

    What to do next

    A positive is worth taking to a provider, who can test blood rather than urine.

Send us a photo

Pink bands look alike?

Five blocks of pink on one small key, and bathroom lighting shifts all of them. If your pad sits between two bands, send a photo and someone on our team will match it with you.

01

Hold the strip flat against the colour key on the pouch so both are in the same shot.

02

Take the photo at 1 minute. After 2 minutes the pad keeps changing and the reading no longer counts.

03

Daylight if you can, phone straight above, no shadow across the strip.

How this works

Your photo is reviewed by a member of our support team. They are not healthcare professionals and cannot diagnose a condition or advise on treatment. What they can do is help you read what your test is showing.

Nothing here is automated. Your photo stays confidential and is used only to answer you.

Lost the card from your kit? You can still send a photo. Put the cassette on a plain white surface in good light.

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Taking the test

A few things worth knowing first.

Small handling details, and one that trips people up.

  1. Test the sample within two hours. Urine left standing changes — bacteria growing in it can shift glucose, pH, nitrite and blood. Collect fresh in a clean, dry container.
  2. Mix the sample before you dip, and don't let it settle or strain it.
  3. Hold the strip at the end away from the pads, and don't touch the pads at any point.
  4. Open the strip right before you use it. Don't use one from a torn pack, and don't use a strip whose pads are already discoloured.
  5. The dry pad colours mean nothing. They aren't supposed to match the chart before you test, so don't read anything into them.
  6. Store the strips in their original packaging, dry, between 2 and 30°C, away from sunlight. Don't refrigerate.

Directions for use

How to take it.

About two minutes, and the pads finish at different times.

  • STEP 01

    Take a strip

    Take the strip from its foil pouch, holding it at the end away from the pads. Don't touch the pads themselves.
  • STEP 02

    Dip and drain

    Immerse all ten pads at once and remove the strip immediately — one to two seconds only. Run the edge along the container rim to take off the excess.
  • STEP 03

    Compare pad by pad

    Hold the strip flat against the colour chart and match each pad to its own row. The pads finish at different times, so work down them in order.

If a pad reads positive, run the test again. The instructions ask for a repeat with each pad read at its own time. It takes two minutes, and it tells you whether you're looking at a result or a mistimed read.

Reading time

The pads don't finish together.

Glucose is ready at 30 seconds. Leukocytes need the full two minutes. That 90-second spread is the thing people most often get wrong, and it's why a pad can look like it changed when it simply wasn't done.

In order down the strip, the way the chart prints them.

Nothing is readable after two minutes — whatever colour a pad picks up past that point has no diagnostic value, so a late read will tend to look worse than the result actually is.

pH and protein are the forgiving pair: they can be read at any point up to 60 seconds.

WATCH IT DONE

The whole thing, start to finish.

Questions

The ones we hear most often.

No. For a general check, read the whole strip once between 1 and 2 minutes — that's a qualitative read and it covers all ten. The individual times matter when you want the closest possible match on a specific pad, or when something came up positive and you're running it again. The table above has them in order.

That's expected. The strip is semi-quantitative, so the colour can land between two blocks — take the closest match. Foods, medications and vitamins can also produce a shade that isn't on the chart at all. If a pad looks unlike anything in its row, send us a photo rather than guessing.

Start by running the test again, reading that pad at its own time. These ten markers are designed to be read together — a single pad on its own is a piece of information, not a conclusion. If it repeats, take both results to a provider, who can put them next to your symptoms and history.

Worth waiting if you can. Blood is often found in the urine of anyone who is menstruating, and the leukocyte pad can read positive from vaginal discharge in the sample. Neither means something is wrong — it means the sample isn't clean enough to read those two pads fairly. Test a few days after.

It can. Large amounts of ascorbic acid can cause a false negative on bilirubin, and high concentrations can affect the glucose pad. Blood and nitrite are documented as holding up at the levels normally found in urine. If you supplement heavily and a result surprises you, mention it when you speak to a provider.

It screens for two of the signs. Leukocytes and nitrite together point toward infection and are worth a provider's attention, but nitrite can be negative even when there is one, because plenty of bacteria don't produce it. A strip result isn't a diagnosis, and it doesn't tell you what's causing anything.

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Urinox-10 Urinalysis Reagent Strips are for in vitro diagnostic use and give qualitative and semi-quantitative readings for ten markers in urine. Results are intended to be used alongside other diagnostic information, not on their own, and this test does not diagnose any condition. False results are possible. Talk to your healthcare provider before making any decision based on a result.