Testing for Specific Gravity

Ungraded Practice Question

A visually-read specific gravity (SG) on a urine specimen with an alkaline pH should be adjusted by:

Please select the single best answer

Subtracting .005 from the SG reading.
Subtracting .010 from the SG reading.
Adding .005 to the SG reading.
Adding .010 to the SG reading.

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