Chemical and microscopic changes that invalidate a urine specimen occur if the urine is kept at room temperature for more than ____. 

A. 2 minutes
B. 5 minutes
C. 20 minutes
D. 30 minutes
E. 1 hour


E. 1 hour
Chemical and microscopic changes that invalidate certain test results occur in urine kept at room temperature for more than 1 hour.

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