Rule out contaminants with Puritan surface swabbing
 

Microbiology News: clinical, Feb 2010


Flocked Swabs Proven Superior in Sample Uptake and Release
In 1893, William Thomas Councilman wrote an article for the American Journal of Medical Science outlining the process of making microbiology transport swabs. This process was described as that of wrapping cotton pledgets around the end of wires, enclosing these wires in test tubes and more...