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  Skip to content Med Lab Study Hall Advocacy & Education for Medical Laboratory Professions General Lab Topics   Lab Blab   Medical Laboratory Scientist   Urine & Body Fluid Analysis   ammonium biurate calcium carbonate calcium oxalate cholesterol crystals cystine triple phosphate uric acid urine urine crystals Examining Crystals in Urine Sediment  Haley Solmen, MLS(ASCP)CM  September 7, 2021    No Comments In current practice, where a large majority of laboratory testing is automated, it is often a nice change of pace to be able to manually review a patient specimen. One area of laboratory medicine that still requires manual review is microscopic urinalysis. Going into my MLS education, I had a general idea of the basic components of urine sediment, such as white cells, red cells, epithelial cells, and bacteria. But then I discovered something a little less mundane to look at: urine crystals! So what are these fascinating littl...