Quantitative Urinalysis for Precise Clinical Data
Where a Dipstick Estimates, TrueUA™ Measures
A dipstick can detect a marker's presence — but it's notoriously unreliable, prone to both false positives and negatives. It also doesn’t give you definitive data that you can monitor from one test to the next. TrueUA™ delivers quantitative urinalysis — actual analyte concentrations, measured by automated spectrophotometric chemistry, that you can trend, compare, and act on. For practices monitoring kidney and renal function, tracking disease progression, or making treatment decisions on the strength of a urinalysis, the difference between an estimate and a measurement is the difference between a guess and a plan.
Key Benefits:
Results in 24 hours from receipt
Quantitative concentrations — not qualitative positive/negative readings
Trend disease progression over time with directly comparable numbers
Customizable menu available, including sodium and potassium
Virtually eliminates the false positives and negatives common to dipsticks
Proprietary reagents developed by Doc Lab®
Independently validated for accuracy and precision across all measured analytes
Why TrueUA™ Quantitative Urinalysis Matters
Advancing the UA Beyond a Color Change on a Strip
Traditional dipstick urinalysis gives you qualitative results — positive or negative, sometimes with vague gradations in between. Dipsticks cap your clinical precision and are subject to interference with high levels of false positives and negatives. When you need to monitor kidney function, track disease progression, or make a treatment decision, you need more than a color change on a strip.
TrueUA™ changes the clinical equation. Instead of positive or negative, you get actual concentrations — quantitative measurements that support precise decisions. You can track change over time with real numbers rather than subjective impressions. You can distinguish a clinically significant finding from a borderline one with confidence rather than instinct.
What You Gain With TrueUA™:
Objectivity. Instrument-read spectrophotometric values — not subject to interference or subjective interpretation.
Trendability. Serial results are directly comparable. "Improving" and "worsening" become measurable, not impressionistic.
Resolution at the margins. Borderline findings — the ones where the clinical decision is hardest — are exactly where a dipstick is least reliable and quantitation matters most.
A broader menu. A wide array of 12 individual assays with additional potassium, sodium, and oxalate available as well.
Quantitative vs. Dipstick Urinalysis
Precision Versus Guesswork
Quantitative Urinalysis
- Reports actual analyte concentrations
- Instrument-read — no visual interpretation, no operator variability
- Serial results are directly comparable over time
- Clearly separates clinically significant findings from borderline ones
- Expanded menu including sodium and potassium
- Proprietary reagents developed by Doc Lab®
Dipstick Urinalysis
- Qualitative or, at best, semi-quantitative
- Subject to interference and subjective interpretation
- Difficult to trend reliably between visits or between staff
- Borderline results remain ambiguous
- Limited, fixed menu
- Prone to false positives, false negatives, and interference
The TrueUA™ Test
A More Precise and Accurate, Customizable Urinalysis
TrueUA™ reports quantitative concentrations across a customizable urinalysis, with sodium, potassium and oxalate available. Reports also include calculated ratios — including the albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR / microalbumin-creatinine ratio) — supporting kidney function assessment and chronic disease monitoring.
- Automated spectrophotometric chemistry analysis
- Proprietary reagents developed by Doc Lab®
- Lot-to-lot validation on every assay batch
- Independent validation studies confirm accuracy and precision across all measured analytes
- CLIA-certified, high-complexity laboratory
- Specimen Type: Clean catch urine
- Collection Requirements: Standard urine collection; no special handling
- Turnaround Time: Results in 24 hours from receipt
Who Should Order TrueUA™
Built for Physicians That Rely on Precision
Nephrology. Kidney and renal monitoring depends on trending real numbers. A dipstick cannot support that work, and TrueUA™ was built for it.
Urology. Where UA volume is highest and the stakes on each result are too. Quantitation gives you a number worth trusting, not just a color change.
Primary Care & Diabetes Monitoring. Chronic disease monitoring — diabetes, hypertension, CKD — is built on serial measurement, and the albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) is central to tracking diabetic kidney disease. TrueUA™ makes those series meaningful.
OB/GYN and Women's Health. Quantitative protein and glucose for complicated and high-risk pregnancies, from a lab that also runs your UTI, STI, and vaginitis tests.
Our Advanced Diagnostics Testing
The SoftCell Standard, Every Test, Every Time
At SoftCell, every test we run is backed by advanced, precision-engineered instrumentation, rigorously validated protocols, and a team that refuses to cut corners. Our experienced, expert team holds every result to strict quality assurance standards — because "close enough" isn't in our vocabulary. As a CLIA-certified reference laboratory powered by Doc Lab — the same team behind the science and development of our core reagents — we offer something most labs can't: tighter quality control, faster problem resolution, and technical support from the people who built the test.
Ordering Information
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Ordering is simple, and results are delivered how you prefer: secure web portal, fax, or EMR integration. New accounts are set up fast, complete with kits, requisitions, and portal access. For any questions or assistance, our dedicated client services team is here to help. Contact us at info@SoftCellLabs.com or (503) 402-2505.
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