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In addition, we sought to confirm that relevant microscopy and biochemical parameters for urine culture interpretation were not compromised by prewarming.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We analyzed 50 turbid urine samples submitted for urine culture. An aliquot of samples underwent manual and automated analysis before prewarming in a water bath at 80\u2009\u00b0C for 50\u2009seconds. Manual and automated analyses were repeated following prewarming.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Prewarming facilitated an improvement in the number of acceptable urine samples for automated analysis (from 3\/50 [6%] to 46\/50 [92%]). All biochemical parameters were concordant. 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