What instructions best describe what the patient should do to perform a bacteriological culture on a collected urine specimen?
1) Collect the urine specimen in a sterile container and deliver it to the laboratory within 2 hours.
2) Collect the urine specimen in any container and deliver it to the laboratory within 24 hours.
3) Collect the urine specimen in a sterile container and deliver it to the laboratory within 24 hours.
4) Collect the urine specimen in any container and deliver it to the laboratory within 2 hours.