Simple Nasal Swab Can Provide Early Warning of Emerging Viruses
Researchers discovered that testing for the presence of a single immune system molecule on nasal swabs can help detect stealthy viruses.
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UCLA Biodesign Team Develops 3-D Printable Nasopharyngeal Swabs
The quickest-to-produce swabs consist of a single plastic material from tip to tip, with a lattice or a honey dipper design to collect a sample at one end.
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FDA Clears Single-Slide Combination STI Test
Addition of the Cobas TV/MG test offers the flexibility needed to process tests for up to four sexually transmitted infections from a single patient sample.
January/February 2018 Product Spotlight: Laboratory Reagents and Consumables
This month’s issue features laboratory reagents and consumables from such companies as Audit Microcontrols, Bio-rad Laboratories, and Diasorin Molecular.
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Rectal Swab Kit Simplifies Enteric Culture Diagnostics
On display in Booth 2945, the kit preserves the viability of enteric pathogenic bacteria during transport from the collection site to the testing laboratory.
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DNA Collection System Replaces Blood Draw with Cheek Swab
Providing a painless alternative to blood draws, a cheek swab system eases collection of samples from neonates and pediatric patients.
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FDA-Cleared Device Swab
PDI has received FDA clearance for the Prevantics device swab, the only chlorhexidine gluconate/alcohol solution swab that has received market authorization from FDA for disinfecting needleless access sites prior to use on ports and hubs.
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August Product Spotlight: Plastics, Liquids, Consumables, Pipettes
This issue’s Product Spotlight includes the Repeater M4 pipette from Eppendorf, Cryo.s biobanking tubes from Greiner Bio-One, and the E1-ClipTip electronic pipette from Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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May 2014: Product News
New products include high-throughput biobanking tubes from Greiner Bio-One, a centrifuge rotor from Beckman Coulter, and color-coded microbial test films from Neogen Corp.
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Sample Collection Kits Promote Rapid Flu Diagnosis
Flu sample collection kits from Copan, Murrieta, Calif, include viral transport media and a flocked swab for improved collection of patient specimen.
Read MoreCOPAN Files New Patents After Development of High Nucleic Acid Yield Flocked Swabs
New research at COPAN Group has led to an important technological breakthrough in the yield of target nucleic acid from its FLOQSwabs.
Read MoreSelf-collected vaginal swabs a viable option for HPV detection
In young adult women, there is a high degree of agreement between self-collected and clinician-collected vaginal swab samples for detecting human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in the genital tract, results of a new study suggest.
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For ENT and eye swab sampling during respiratory season
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