Swabs
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Accurately diagnosing a COVID-19 infection requires dedicated laboratory facilities to perform the genetic RT-PCR test on specimens of sputum or nasal
swabs
collected from suspected cases.
More example sentences with word swabs
It turned out that the cotton
swabs
used to collect the DNA samples had all been accidentally contaminated by a woman working in the swab factory.
In the most common version of this approach, samples – nasal
swabs
or saliva – are sent to relatively large labs, with the goal of returning results within 24-48 hours.
Every general practitioner has nasal swabs, and could be equipped to offer testing services within a mile of where people live.
If this is done with anterior nares
swabs
(rather like a Q-tip, used to swab the front part of your nose), high frequency testing with self-sampling becomes feasible.
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