Scientific Research

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Environmental Surface Sampling

• Environmental Sampling Kits Evaluation: Puritan Hydra Flocked Swabs vs. Puritan Polyester Spun Swabs
• Examination of Swab Capture and Release of Pathogenic Bacteria on Representative Commercial Food Contact Surfaces

Various Swab Types

• Studies on Physical and Microbiological Characteristics of Selected Clinical Swabs - Clean Earth Technologies, LLC
• The Characterization of the Absorption and Release Properties of Various Clinical Swab Types - Presented at the Clinical Virology Symposium, May 2010

Flocked Swab

• Comparative Evaluation of Capture and Release of Pathogenic Bacteria by Flocked Swabs
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• Test Report on "Collection and Release Characteristics of Selected Clinical Swabs"
• Zeta Potential Testing of Swab Fibers Reveals Puritan Flock Swabs Outperform Competitors

Flocked and Foam Swabs

• Journal of Clinical Microbiology - Self-Collection of Foam Nasal Swabs for Respiratory Virus Detection by PCR among Immunocompetent Subjects and Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients
• Comparison of Viability Performance of a New Flocked and Foam Swab Transported in E-Swab Liquid Amies Medium at Ambient Temperature
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• Clinical Performance of Foam vs. Flocked Swabs Collected from the Anterior Nares in Rapid Antigen Test for Influenza A & B

Liquid Amies Transport Systems

• Comparative Performance of Two Liquid Amies Transport Systems for the Recovery of Fastidious Bacteria Following the CLSI M40A Swab Elution Protocol at Room Temperature
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• Comparative Evaluation of Puritan and Copan Liquid Amies Transport System for the Recovery of Streptococcus Pneumonia against the CLSI M40A Standard
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• Recovery of Streptococcus Pneumonia Using the New Puritan Liquid Amies Transport System and Copan ESwab System at Room Temperature
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• Evaluation of Three Flocked Swabs and Two Liquid Amies Transport Systems of the Recovery of Fastidious Bacteria
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• Microorganism Performance Evaluation of Puritan Liquid Amies Collection and Transport System

Universal Transport Media

• Evaluation of a New Viral Transport System for Culture Recovery of Influenza Viruses 
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• Lovelace - 2011 Microbial Performance of Universal Transport System of Puritan Medical Products, LLC
• Lovelace - 2012 CVS Comparative Performance Evaluation of Viral Stability with UTM Devices
• Comparative Performance Evaluation of Viral Stability with Universal Transport Media Devices
• Performance Evaluation of Universal Transport Media Device using Clinically Relevant Bacteria

Forensics

• Detection of Human DNA Contamination and DNase
  • Certificate of Analysis for Forensic Swabs - Poster
  • Pattern by PCR Amplification - Poster

DNA Recovery

• Drying Swabs:  Nipping Moisture In the Bud - A Comparison of Two Different Self Drying Swabs for Sampling of Biological Stains