&gt;Urine itself is sterile<p>This is a misconception that particularly annoys me, probably because it was the (incorrect) excuse a nurse once gave me when he accidentally spilled a urinal filled with liquid all over me while I was bed-ridden in an ICU. [0] [1]<p>[0]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smithsonianmag.com&#x2F;smart-news&#x2F;turns-out-urine-isnt-actually-sterile-180954809&#x2F;?no-ist" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smithsonianmag.com&#x2F;smart-news&#x2F;turns-out-urine-isn...</a><p>[1]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.stritch.luc.edu&#x2F;newswire&#x2F;news&#x2F;study-debunks-common-misconception-urine-sterile-0" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.stritch.luc.edu&#x2F;newswire&#x2F;news&#x2F;study-debunks-commo...</a>