Supervised urine sample

Did it ever happen that you had to pee while the doctor is watching you for example for a doping test or a drugs test ?

When younger during physicals my doctor would have me pee in a cup in the exam room while he watched

Yes the pediatrician used to hold a cup and sometimes stop the flow as i was peeing

As a child, I had a urine sample taken by a young nurse. She took me out of the exam room to a lab setting with a bathroom in it. She had me drop my pants to me knees before kneeling down to my level. She began cleaning my penis with a sterilizing agent and then placed a beaker under my penis. She then told me to urinate and reminded me that if I needed to hold my penis down into the beaker, I should hold it towards the base so as to not contaminate the tip of the penis or the stream of urine.

Had to have a drug test for a job once. Had to pee in a cup while the nurse was in the same room. I was in a stall so she couldn't see anything, but she could hear everything. It was all a bit odd.

@fmsfan I was going to mention that that is becoming a more common phenomenon... peeing into a cup in the presence of and under the observation of a qualified individual. There are the sports situations (some of the Olympic events, that cycle race in France, for example), job interviews (some companies may require it for insurance reasons (say bus or truck drivers)), and of course, accident investigations... As awkward as it may be, it is necessary in those cases to ensure that the sample is legitimately that of the individual being tested. Not as embarrassing as yours was, Janice.

Cos

Never, but it sounds nice!

I had a slight bladder conditon when young, so every time I went to my pediatrician, he had me give him a sample while he watched. This lasted for about 3 years. I would not mind being asked now.

I always monitor urine samples. Some get pee shy though but we work through it.

I had a observed drug test for a high security job two months ago.

He handed me the cup I went in to pee as he stood at the door watching.

I had a preemployment drug test once where I had to go to this lab to fine a sample. One by one we had to go in the bathroom and there was a nurse or med tech sitting next to the toilet and she would watch as you whipped it out and filled the cup.

Never had anyone watch me, but as a kid, I remember giving a urine sample. The bathroom was in the hall, so I had to walk back into the waiting room holding the clear cup with the urine in it. I remember thinking everyone in the waiting room was looking at my pee!

I absolutely refuse to pee in a cup while someone is watching me. It is not necessary, and is an unnecessary invasion of privacy.

Oh you'd be surprised just how necessary it is, when you're drug testing someone who is trying to get away with substituting someone else's pee so that they won't get caught.

Or just how necessary it is if you can't pee, and your urologist wants to do urodynamic studies to find out what's wrong.

I've always had trouble peeing infront of other people. Shy bladder I think they call it. I can't use a urinal if someone else is in the room. This made it particularly difficult when I had to have a drug test for a job. The nurse said the sample had to be observed. Bless her heart, she did the best she could to try to be invisible. Never the less we were in there for five minutes before she suggested I go drink several coups of water and try again in 20 minutes.I remember thinking to myself, I'll walk in here naked so you can see I don't have anything to swap samples if you'll just let me do this in peace.

Steve M, If you are in a doctors office and they want a sample, I agree, for normal routine stuff, a witnessed urine sample is not necessary.

But like Old mentions, there are times when it is necessary. Also, when being drug tested, often times facilities do require an observer, and yes, it is very necessary and it is NOT an invasion of your privacy. Chances are, you have already signed a contract with them allowing this to happen, if you didn't, then in the case of medical professionals for example, they never would have made it through the hiring process, or even the interview process.

Mashie

I have a shy (very shy) bladder, and worse, shy incontinence. Do you know what that is? - It's the inability to stop dribbling once you do finally start when using a public restroom. It's all in my mind, since when I'm in the privacy of my home, no problems. Only when out in public - at which time I have to wear a pad if I going to attempt to use a public restroom - or when going to a doc and giving a sample.

Lucky, never I had to be watched! Don't know how I would do that!

If it is a MEDICAL necessity, then I would agree. If it is a trust-issue, then there is a serious problem. I worked for the US Government in a high-security position, and they didn't even require us to pee in a cup in front of an observer. Trust-issues are just that... trust-issues, and companies had best get over it.

I understand and agree with Mashie and Old on this one. If you cannot face this as a requirement of the job; well, I guess you had better consider a different line of work. And Steve M, in cases of accident or criminal investigations it is not necessarilly a matter of trust, but a matter of being able to testify with absolute certainty as to the origin of the sample. As 'Old' alluded, addicts can become quite ingenious at substituting samples so that their addiction will not get detected, especially if it means losing their job.

I know it is difficult to pee in front of another. I have trouble doing it. But I Can do it if asked; it may take a while, but it will flow.

Cos.

I've always had trouble peeing infront of other people. Shy bladder I think they call it. I can't use a urinal if someone else is in the room. This made it particularly difficult when I had to have a drug test for a job. The nurse said the sample had to be observed. Bless her heart, she did the best she could to try to be invisible. Never the less we were in there for five minutes before she suggested I go drink several coups of water and try again in 20 minutes.I remember thinking to myself, I'll walk in here naked so you can see I don't have anything to swap samples if you'll just let me do this in peace.

A supervised urine sample is the key scene of the film "Gattaca" (Andrew Niccol, 1997).

The doctor congratulates the hero (Ethan Hawke) for the size of his penis (sorry, we don't see it!).

I have been drug tested for sports with a nurse right outside the stall...but never directly watching me

Random drug tests are getting so almost every company uses them, and consequently soon this same scenario will have happened to almost everyone. Where I worked you were told to report the first thing in the morning and the test was done on site. You had 2 hours to be able to provide a sample with the tester being of the same gender and standing just outside the stall. The toilet also had a blue dye in it, and the temp of the urine was checked.

I had to provide a urine sample for a pre-employment drug test. The attendant (nurse? phlebotomist?) showed me to the restroom and provided me the specimen cup but didn't go in with me, though she did turn the water off to the room.

Forgive my naivete, but what is the purpose of shutting off the water or putting dye in the toilet? How would those things prevent the use of a smuggled in sample?

Yes, for a drug test, soon for a urodynamics study.

No, but I had to pee laying down in front of a nurse. I've had two stents put in. Both required me to lay still for 6 hours whilr the hole in my groin started to seal. They had me on an IV drip that made me want to pee constantlY. I'd waited as long as I could and buzzed a nurse to come in. I explained I had to go. She tilted the bed as far as it would and handed me a urinal. I explained I'd never had to pee before laying down and frankly had no idea how. She had to pull my gown up and show me how to position myself to pee laying down. She stood there and watched while I practicly filled that thing up. She took the urinal and handed me a warm washrag and said to wipe my penis and scrotum off. Afterwards she covered me up and left. The only thing slightly odd was she never pulled the curtains between beds so the old guy next to me watched the whole thing. He was ok, we had talked a lot and became friends.

My doc required a sterile urine sample a couple years ago. i had to pee laying down, then they cleaned me and i had to pee again into the specimen cup. they didn't like the sample i was able to give so they stuck a catheter up there to get a "better" sample...

That is a great thing to have a pt do while undergoing an exam

I have had to do both supervised and unsupervised. The water was cut off/taped and dye in the toilet to prevent you not from smuggling in, but from diluting yours. Also, there was probably a small thermometer label placed on it to make sure that it was actually fresh.

Desert rat- that sounds like the procedure for the drug test at my company physical. I had to strip from the waist down and straddle the toilet, and the observer watched very intently to see that the urine went from my body into the collection cup. It also had a thermometer on the cup, and I had to have a rectal temperature taken after that they noted on the form that went with the sample to the lab. Drug abuse is common in my profession, so I think they take extra precautions.