Features

• Sample collection pack containing: Polypropylene screw-cap tube with internal conical shape, filled with 1 mL of liquid amies medium, one minitip Nylon® flocked swab
• Multipurpose collection and transport system – ESwab™ is the only universal liquid-based, multipurpose, open platform collection and preservation system that maintains viability of aerobic, anaerobic and fastidious bacteria for up to 48 hours at refrigerator and room temperature
• Optimize patient comfort – Using COPAN’s patented flocked swab (FLOQSwabs™) reduces the need for multiple samples collected from the same patient
• Suitable for automation – the only liquid transport swab system that allows for automated specimen processing
• Multiple tests from one sample – the flocked swab elutes the entire sample upon contact with 1 mL liquid Amies preservation medium, identical aliquots of liquid sample suspension allow for multiple tests from the same specimen
• Consistent gram stains – the entire specimen elutes from the flocked swab creating a homogeneous suspension for a more precise and even smear
• Product tested and validated in full compliance with CLSI M40-A: Quality control of microbiological transport system standard, including neisseria gonorrhoeae survival at 24 hours
• Sampling sites – eye, ear, nasal passages, urogenital tracts