Mini flocked nose swab Specifications
- Swab Length: 145mm±5mm
- Flocked Tip Length: 8mm
- Swab Tip Diameter: 8mm±0.2mm
- Breakpoint: 80/90mm
- Packing: Individual Sterile Package
- Certificate: CE/FDA/ISO
- OEM/ODM: Support
- GMP Factory: YES
- Supplying Ability: 500,0000pcs/ day
Application: Nasopharyngeal Sampling Swab
Mateiral: 100% Medical Grade Nylon
Sterilization: EO
Certificate: ISO13485, CE, FDA, SGS, MSDS, TDS.
What’s the use of a flocked nose swab?
Nasal swab detection is a kind of nucleic acid detection, which is used to detect the presence of viral nucleic acid in the body. So as to determine whether the human body infected with COVID-19.
Nasal swab detection requires collecting cells deep in the throat of the tested person and placing them in a Petri dish for observation. Because New Coronavirus is mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract,if the human body is infected with COVID-19, there will be a lot of viruses in the throat. Therefore, it is a more accurate way to detect the existence of COVID-19 by detecting the cells in the throat.
What is the method of mini nasal swab collection?
① Please keep the patient’s head still and remove the secretions on the surface of the anterior nostril;
② use a flocked swab or other tools to the distance from the nostril to the root of the ear and mark it with your fingers;
③ insert the swab gently and slowly through the nasal cavity;
④ swab until the finger mark or stay for several seconds after encountering resistance to absorb secretions; (generally stay for 15-30 seconds, and then rotate gently for 3 times);
⑤ gently rotate the swab and put it into the virus sampling tube (transport medium); Break the swab tail rod along the breaking point and place it completely in the tube. Tighten the pipe cover.
⑥ If you need to collect from two nostrils, you should use another swab.
⑦ Send to the inspection room for inspection as soon as possible.
⑧ Note the information of the collected person to avoid confusion.