A patient called all upset that we rejected her urine specimen because it arrived in an ice cream container.  We advised her that was unacceptable and it needed to be in a sterile container.  (that we provide for free)  Their response was that their doctor said it was ok to use if it was put thru the dishwasher first.  The last I checked, dishwashers only clean and there is no sterilize cycle.  Also, if this was truly your doctors suggestion, I would suggest you get another doctor.  Do they clean their instruments that way also?  P/S, the doctors don’t set our testing standards, we do, for even if their doctor submitted it this way, it would also be rejected.