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SWAB GUIDE Viruses & Pertussis Chlamydia & Gonorrhoeae Features Swab descriptio

SWAB GUIDE Viruses & Pertussis Chlamydia & Gonorrhoeae Features Swab description Instructions Features Swab description Instructions Features Swab description Instructions MC&S (Microscopy, culture and sensitivity testing) Bacteria including fastidious organisms such as N. gonorrhoeae and anaerobes Yeasts Regular Tip General Any site Cat. Code 682309 Mini Tip Urethra Cat. Code 601362 Regular Tip General Cat. Code 684738 Mini Tip (flexible) Naso- pharyngeal Cat. Code 684739 Aptima® Mini Tip Genital (Unisex) Cat. Code 678715 Aptima® Regular Tip Self collect Vaginal swab Cat. Code 684737 Aptima® Urine Cat. Code 678714 Mini Tip Genital Cat. Code 684741 PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) Herpes Multiplex PCR (HSV 1 & 2, VZV) Influenza A&B RSV Other respiratory viruses Adenovirus Enterovirus CMV Syphilis APTIMA® NAAT (”PCR”) (Nucleic acid amplification testing) NB: Not suitable for bacterial culture MC&S (Microscopy, culture and sensitivity testing) Bacteria Gonorrhoeae Yeasts APTIMA® NAAT (”PCR”) (Nucleic acid amplification testing) Gonorrhoeae Chlamydia Contains 1 plastic swab stick Use swab attached to blue lid to sample infected area for culture Place swab into culture tube NB: Not suitable for NAAT testing and not ideal for PCR testing Contains 1 wire unisex mini tipped swab for urethral sampling Gently insert swab into lower end of urethra Rotate swab then place into culture tube NB: Not suitable for NAAT testing and not ideal for PCR testing Contains 1 flocked dry swab Collect as much material as possible For vesicular lesions: break vesicle and scrape base of lesion with swab If dry lesion: wet swab with sterile water or saline Respiratory viruses: nasal swab is better than throat NB: Not suitable for bacterial culture Contains 1 flexible dry flocked swab Insert swab into nose and slide along floor of the nasal cavity approx the length if the patients index finger Columnar epithelial cells (nasopharyngeal) required for B. pertussis diagnosis NB: Not suitable for bacterial culture Contains 1 white swab, 1 blue swab and 1 tube containing buffer Use white swab to clean cervix if required and discard Take specimen with blue swab (cervix or urethra) Place blue swab into buffer as soon as possible Break at the scored point Do not pierce foil top Contains 1 pink swab and 1 tube containing buffer Instruct patient to insert swab into her vagina Place pink swab into buffer as soon as is practicable Break at the scored point Do not pierce foil top Contains 1 buffered tube, 1 pipette Patient to collect first part of urine stream (20ml) into yellow topped container Transfer 2ml into buffered tube as soon as possible and within 24 hours Do not pierce foil top Pack contains Aptima® mini tip genital pack AND 1 mini tip urethra (orange top) swab and 1 slide Use white swab from Aptima® kit to clean cervix if required and discard swab Use Aptima® blue swab to swab cervix or urethra as required Place blue swab into white capped tube with buffered solution and label Use orange topped swab to sample area for culture Place into culture tube Send air dried slide and both swabs to the lab Blue top Orange top Red top Orange top Orange top Unisex STI Pack Bacteria & Yeasts Features Swab description Instructions DSM018 09/11 203844 Swab Guide.indd 1 16/09/11 2:30 PM uploads/Societe et culture/ swab-guide.pdf