What elements should a good sampling swab meet？

Posted on 2021年11月4日2021年11月4日 by Dr. Lee

What elements should a good sampling swab meet？

2021-11-04

In the collection of virus samples, small sampling swabs are always ignored, and people often ignore the judgment of its quality. However, the sampling swab is the “vanguard” in the whole nucleic acid detection process. It is the first area to contact the virus. It can be said that it controls the “lifeblood” of the whole nucleic acid detection process.

sampling swab-flocked swab

Cell medical (Dongguan) believes that a good sampling swab should have three elements——

1: more samples. That is, the virus samples collected by the sampling swab should be as many as possible.

2: release more. That is, the virus samples collected by the sampling swab should be released into the sampling solution as much as possible.

3: excellent design. That is, the design of sampling swab shall not interfere with the nucleic acid detection in the last link.

It is well known that after large-scale nucleic acid screening, the previously commonly used winding swabs were eliminated, and flocking swabs that are easier to collect release samples were used.

However, it is not enough to unify the material.

The design of flocking swab is also very exquisite in structure.

Different nylon fiber arrangement and density determine the difference of sample collection and release.

A good swab can avoid missing inspection to a greater extent.

UTM Tube with NP Flocked Flexible Swab

Posted on 2021年11月3日2022年3月22日 by Dr. Lee

UTM Tube with NP Flocked Flexible Swab

Whether nucleic acid detection or virus detection.

Universal Transport Medium (UTM) and NP Flocked Flexible Swab sampling swab play a great role.

NP Flocked Flexible Swab : Used to collect virus samples.Nasopharyngeal sample.

While virus preservation solution plays the role of preserving these virus samples.

which not only ensures the integrity of nucleic acid virus, but also facilitates the later detection accuracy.

How many Universal Transport Medium are there? What are the functions and differences?

At present, there are two kinds of Universal Transport Medium on the market, namely inactivated virus preservation solution and non inactivated virus preservation solution.

Inactivated Virus Transport Medium :Use to lyse and inactivate the virus.

It can protect the tester from the second infection of the virus.

Stored at room temperature for a relatively long time, saving the cost of virus samples and transportation.

The purpose of non inactivated virus preservation solution is to retain the protein shell of the virus and the nucleic acid DNA or RNA of the virus, so as to ensure the integrity of the nucleic acid of the virus sample in the process of submission for inspection.

Although there will be a certain infectious risk in case of misoperation, this preservation solution maintains the originality of the virus sample to the greatest extent and is a cultured virus transport medium.

Noted:long-term storage requires strict low-temperature storage after sampling.

Relatively speaking, the non inactivated virus preservation solution has higher requirements for the laboratory, higher sensitivity and more applications. But it is relatively easy to be infected.

As long as there are no problems in sampling and detection operations, there will be no risk problems.

How to select inactivated and non inactivated virus preservation solutions cannot be generalized, We should choose according to different needs, and the price determines the quality.

Don’t be greedy for small things and lose big ones.

About NP Flocked Flexible Swab

Features of Flocked Swab

Flocked Tip Swab

Posted on 2021年11月1日2021年12月27日 by Dr. Lee

Flocked Tip Swab

What are the advantages of flocking as a sampling swab?

advantages of flocking as a sampling swab

When it comes to sexual sampling swabs, I believe you don’t feel strange at this time.

Because most of the detection tools used for nucleic acid detection are disposable sampling swabs.

Sampling swabs directly contact our human organs, such as nasal swabs and pharyngeal swabs for nucleic acid detection.

So the material selection of sampling head is very important, and the material of sampling head is closely related to subsequent detection. The sampling swab shall ensure the sampling amount and release amount, and the selected material shall not have substances that affect the subsequent detection.

Advantages of flocked swab

Flocked Tip Swab,Cell medical (Dongguan) Co. ,Ltd.

·Compared with the traditional winding swab, the amount of samples collected and released by flocked swab is three times higher, and it will not cause harm to human body.

·The sampling time of flocking swab is 3-5 seconds, which is fast and convenient to improve work efficiency.

Only by extracting samples faster can we complete the collection and analysis more efficiently.

·Moreover, through the directional friction effect of the brush fiber layer,effective collection of samples.

Therefore, the flocking swab is particularly conducive to the collection of trace DNA.

·A large number of clinical experiments show that compared with ordinary sterile cotton swabs, flocking swabs have a better effect on the collection and transportation of clinical microbial samples. This is especially true for those specimens that cannot be submitted for examination in time and placed for too long.

Vtm Swab | Virus Transport Medium with Sampling Swab

Posted on 2021年10月30日2022年3月22日 by Dr. Lee

Vtm Swab | Virus Transport Medium with Sampling Swab

Description:Vtm Swab :for collection of COVID-19, influenza virus, hand foot mouth, measles rubella, norovirus, rotavirus and related samples.

And stored at normal temperature for short time and transportation, and long time storage in -70 C refrigerator or liquid nitrogen environment.

What is the difference between the liquid in your virus transport medium (VTM) and the virus sampling tubes of other manufacturers?

A: we use the universal transport medium recommended by China Influenza Center and who.

The Upgraded from Hank’s solution, adding a variety of components such as HEPES, amino acids, glycerol and so on, which has better performance than Hank’s solution

The ability to maintain virus integrity.

The positive rate of PCR detection and virus isolation was higher than that of traditional Hank’s solution.

Vtm Swab | Virus Transport Medium with Sampling Swab

We made a comparative experiment according to the effects of temperature and storage time on the preservation of virus.

The experimental results are as follows: the virus can be isolated within 48 hours when the virus is preserved with cell medical virus preservation solution at 2-8 ℃ or room temperature.

Principle of virus collection and precipitation with flocking swab?

The unique structure of the top of the flocking swab can almost completely extract and precipitate a small amount of DNA. Therefore, the flocking swab has more obvious advantages in micro DNA collection.

(1) Sample collection effect is good:

(1)Through the directional wiping effect of brush fiber layer.

(2) More than 95% sample release rate,near surface of the brush fiber is conducive to collecting samples.

(3) The capillary movement between the nylon fibers at the top of the flocking swab forms a strong hydraulic pressure. To absorb liquid or cell samples.

Sterile Nylon Flocked Nasopharyngeal Swab

We not only undertake the task of collecting samples from patients, but also collect avian influenza viruses in the external environment. What kind of sampling tube should we choose?

A: Our conventional products of virus transport media, with a liquid volume of 3.5ml.

To collect virus samples from clinical patients;

If you collect and transport avian influenza virus in the external environment for a short time.

We recommend that you use a virus transport medium with a liquid volume of 5ml or 6ml.

(the liquid volume can be customized).

Features of Flocked Swab

Posted on 2021年10月29日2022年3月22日 by Dr. Lee

Features of Flocked Swab-oral swab

Viral infection is a respiratory infection. Generally, the incubation period of virus infection is less than one week. The symptoms of virus infection are: pharyngeal conjunctival heat, respiratory tract infection, hemorrhagic cystitis, diarrhea, pericarditis, chronic interstitial fibrosis, fever, etc. The diet should be light, eat more vegetables and fruits, quit smoking and alcohol, and don’t eat spicy and stimulating food. At present, during physical examination, the health and Family Planning Commission requires hospitals to use nasopharyngeal swab or throat swab to detect the virus.

Flocked swabs of Cell medical are famous for their stable and reliable performance and excellent absorption and elution ability.

Flocked Swab Oral swab

Features of oral flocking swab:

1、 Product features:

1. The vertical nylon flocked fiber structure at the head is like a soft brush, which can improve the collection effect of cell samples. It is not only non-toxic to microorganisms, but also greatly increase the collection and release of samples.

2. Single and independent packaging , avoid pollution.

3. Strict process conditions, without DNase and expandable human DNA.

4. The tube body is transparent and the inspection materials are visible.

5. Flocked swab unique patented casing design ensures the air circulation in the casing, prevents the inspection material from mildew due to the humid sealing environment, and avoids magazine pollution in the external air, which affects the inspection quality.

Looking for more? what is the difference between a pcr test nasal swab and an antigen test for covid 19? here.

2、 Flocked swab advantages:

1. For throat sampling of respiratory viruses such as influenza, swine influenza, avian influenza, hand, foot and mouth.

2. It can quickly adsorb trace samples and has high release aging rate.

3. the front end is more sophisticated, which is suitable for the extraction of cells in the fingernail seam of the victim or suspect.

4. The back end of the swab can be broken, which is conducive to the automatic extraction workstation for sample extraction.

5. The whole swab is packed in a transparent plastic tube to avoid biological pollution.

What is the Virus Transport Medium and What is Its Role?

Posted on 2021年10月28日2021年10月28日 by Dr. Lee

What is the Virus Transport Medium and What is Its Role?

a medium used for the collection, transport and preservation of pathogenic bacteria or microbial samples. Including liquid and solid.

Generally,for the transportation and preservation of clinical samples.

It is used by medical units for pre-treatment of pathogenicity test to obtain pathogenic bacteria samples.

Inspection principle

Different formulations adopted by different types of transport media can improve and enhance the viability of corresponding microorganisms in the samples.so as to facilitate the short-term preservation of the samples during transport.

Virus sampling tube_Virus Transport Medium

Method of use

1. Before sampling, mark the relevant sample information on the label of the sampling tube.

2. Sample with corresponding sampling swab.

3. After sampling, quickly put the swab into the sampling tube.

4. Break the swab at the breaking point of the swab and discard the tail.

5. Tighten the pipe cover. Then put the sampling tube containing the sample into the biosafety bag and submit it for inspection in time.

Features

1. Cell medical’s virus transport medium can preserve almost all cell morphology, structure and quantity.

2. The remaining cells after production can be further directly tested for HPV, DNA, chlamydia, gonorrhea, immunohistochemical tissue test and other tests.

eliminate most bacteria and microbial activities within 3 and 15 minutes. Avoid possible injury to medical staff.

Nasal Swabs for Sample Collection

Posted on 2021年10月26日2022年3月22日 by Dr. Lee

Nasal Swabs for Sample Collection

I believe many people are very curious.

There is already a throat swab.

Why do you have to do a Nasal swab?

In the actual anti epidemic work scene, in fact, medical staff have a set of scientific judgment basis for collecting oropharyngeal swabs or nasopharyngeal swabs.

Because the nose swab only needs to expose the nose during the sampling process, the probability of exposure to the virus environment is low.

For high-risk people, such as asymptomatic infected persons, entry personnel or suspected people being isolated.

Nucleic acid detection with nasal swabs can reduce the infection risk of collectors, and the psychological acceptance of samplers.

That is, medical personnel, is also higher.

For the nucleic acid detection and screening carried out in the community, due to the more emphasis on rapid screening, the use of oropharyngeal swabs is more convenient and fast.

If discomfort or slight bleeding occurs during the collection of nasopharyngeal swabs, it is generally not treated.

After a period of time, the discomfort will disappear automatically.

If it is really uncomfortable, it can be properly cleaned with normal saline.

But do not wash too much, too much cleaning may bring more pollution.

Why is flocking swab used in nasal swab PCR test？

In order to improve the swab collection efficiency and meet the needs of end consumers for high-quality products.

Cell medical’s Flocked swab came into being.

Innovative jet implanted nylon fiber technology to maximize the sampling efficiency of the sampling swab.

The nylon fiber is vertically and evenly attached to the surface of the swab head, greatly increasing the collection and release efficiency of cell and virus samples.

Improve the analysis sensitivity, no sample residue, speed up the sample processing process, and the unique breakable design of ABS plastic rod.

It is applicable to the collection of cervical, nasopharynx, oral throat, forensic samples, virus, DNA and other samples.

◆ upright nylon fiber is like a soft brush, which can collect more specimens.

The capillary action between nylon fibers enhances the load of aqueous samples, and the samples are concentrated on the surface of the swab, which is easier to elute.

◆ it has outstanding sample collection and release ability, can quickly adsorb micro samples, and has high release aging rate. The increase of the number of target cells is helpful to improve the sensitivity of rapid diagnostic test.

◆ flocked swab has obvious advantages in nasopharyngeal sampling and microbial sampling, especially in the collection effect of virus and DNA.

◆ 100000 class purified environment, strict production process conditions, and production under ISO13485 quality control and product CE requirements. No DNase and RNase, no endotoxin, no cell inhibitor.

How to do a Nasopharyngeal Swab

Posted on 2021年10月25日2021年10月25日 by Dr. Lee

How to do a Nasopharyngeal Swab?

Nasopharyngeal Flocked Swab

Nucleic acid detection is to collect Nasopharyngeal swabs, sputum or lower respiratory tract specimens, real-time fluorescence RT-PCR detection of New Coronavirus nucleic acid, if positive, can be diagnosed with New Coronavirus infection, which is the basis for the diagnosis of new type of pneumonia. In addition to detecting the nucleic acid of the virus, it can also detect whether the virus in the specimen is highly homologous with New Coronavirus. If so, it can be diagnosed as New Coronavirus pneumonia. The virus is highly infectious and has the characteristics of human to human transmission, but the virus is sensitive to temperature and sunlight and ultraviolet rays.

Nasopharyngeal swab price：Welcome to email:flockedswabs@gmail.com

Nucleic acid detection and collection method:

(nucleic acid detection nasal swab)

1. Ask the patient to keep his head still and remove the secretions on the surface of the anterior nostril. The collector can stand on the side of the collector to reduce occupational exposure caused by coughing and sneezing and relieve the collector’s pressure.

2. Measure the distance from nostril to ear root with a swab and mark it by hand.

3. Gently insert the swab into the nostril in the direction perpendicular to the nose (face) through the nasal cavity, with a sense of touching the wall until the finger touches the nose, keep the swab in the nose for 15-30 seconds, and then rotate it gently for 3 times.

4. Put the swab into the virus delivery medium, break the swab rod and place it completely in the tube.

5. Tighten the pipe cover, mark it, put it in a plastic bag and seal it.

6. Send the samples for examination in time

swab test nasal swab

1. With the aid of tongue depressor, the collector opens his mouth and makes an “ah” sound. The palate is lifted up to expose the posterior pharyngeal wall. The swab crosses the root of the tongue to reach the pharyngeal stenosis lesion, and quickly wipe the palatal arch, pharyngeal and tonsil secretions on both sides.

2. The nasopharynx swab was put into the virus delivery medium, and the auxiliary tube cover broke the swab rod to make it completely placed in the tube.

3. Tighten the pipe cover, mark it, put it in a plastic bag and seal it.

4. Send the samples for examination in time.

Flocked Swab Manufacturers |Disposable Medical Nylon Sampling swab

Posted on 2021年10月23日2022年3月22日 by Dr. Lee

Flocked Swab Manufacturers |Disposable Medical Nylon Sampling swabs

Cell medical is a flocked swab and virus transport media manufacturers.

We have our own flocking production technology.

And our flocked swabs are stable and reliable performance and have excellent absorption and evolution capability.

Our company provides forensic, genetic, laboratory supplies, pharmaceutical and food safety, concentrated broth, laboratory automation and artificial intelligence.

As well as sample collection, transportation and processing products.

Now, the disposable sampling swab manufacturers will show you what a flocking swab is？

Flocked swab definition

Flocked swabs meaning

Using spray dense planting nylon fiber technology; The volume of samples collected and released is 3 times higher than that of traditional swabs. Ensure the survival rate of cell samples, no residual fatty acids, and will not affect the test results.

Excellent sample collection / release ability, release rate > 90%.

Conventional flocked swab: the sample is intercepted by the gap in the fiber mass, that is, the sample is penetrated, diluted and intercepted in the fiber. The acquisition is slow and release is slower.

The sampling time of flocked swabs is 3-5 seconds, while the sampling time of cotton swab is 15-120 seconds or even longer, which causes the pressure of staff in the process of diagnosis.

Sterile flocked nylon swab with breakpoint –China swab manufacturers.

What is the breakpoint on flocked swabs?

A conventional model with 30mm, 80mm, 90mm breakpoint swab.

The swabs also feature a moulded breakpoint that allows you to safely and easily break off the swab sticks, and several breakpoint options are available for different tubes. Strong capillary hydraulics between the nylon strands draw up the maximum liquid sample.

Conventional model with 30mm, 80mm, 90mm breakpoint swab.Flocked Swab Manufacturers

Flocked swab with utm

Flocked swab+tube with Viral transport medium

General transport media for collection, transport and preservation.

VTM Collection Kits

Posted on 2021年10月22日2022年3月22日 by Dr. Lee

VTM Collection Kits

All VTM Collection Kits are currently in stock and ready to ship. Available with or without Phenol Red. Please contact our Customer Service Team for an official quote or to inquire about quantities of 50K or more.

Safely collect, handle and transport clinical specimens with our quality VTM kits, viral transport mediums, swabs and biohazard specimen bags.

Proper specimen collection and transport plays a critical role in laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases associated with viruses. The VTM Collection Kits offered by Cell medical allow for the collection, preservation and transport of viruses, such as coronavirus (COVID-19). All VTM Collection Kits are made in the China and are manufactured according to CDC protocols for specimen collection and transport. Please note that products are available for research and clinical laboratories only.

Cell medical is viral transport medium and flocked swab collection kit manufacturer. Please inquire for bulk pricing and larger case packs.

Transport medium: Made in an injection manufacturing facility, GMP(Good Manufacturing Pratice) product

Tube: E-Beam sterilization

Swab: E-Beam sterilization

High virus preservation and recovery rate, high bacterial culture

Corona Virus(Human) Recovery test: 3days, 95~110% Recovery rate

Chlamydia, Mycoplasma and Unreaplasma Recovery test

VTM Viral Transport Medium NP Kit – 3ml Vial

Contains one CELL VTM 3ml vial and one Nasal/Oropharyngeal Swab.
Approved for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) under the policy outlined in Section IV.C of the FDA’s COVID-19 Transport Media Policy

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