Product Summary
PodSwab™ consists of one tube with 6 mL UTM® Universal Transport Medium™ and 5 individually wrapped nasal FLOQSwab® flocked swabs
SKU: 3C062N
- 5 Swabs + 1 Tube per Kit
- 10 Kits per Box, 60 Kits per Case
About PodSwab™ Collection Kits
COPAN’s Collection & Transport Kits for COVID-19 combine state-of-the-art FLOQSwab® flocked collection swabs with the superior sample preservation of UTM® Universal Transport Medium™.
Screen Employees and Students for COVID-19 Using a Cost-Saving Pooled Testing Method
Designed to streamline and ease the burden of COVID-19 testing, PodSwab™ consists of 6 mL UTM® Universal Transport Medium™ and 5 nasal FLOQSwab® flocked swabs allowing for up to five different individual samples in each tube.
By pooling samples, testers are able to significantly increase the number of individuals that can be tested at a lower cost. Pooling increases the number of individuals that can be tested using the same amount of resources and can detect both symptomatic and asymptomatic persons.
- Samples are collected from a group, or pod of people using one swab per person.
- The samples are then combined together into a single tube.
- If the pooled test is negative for COVID, then all people in the pod are considered negative.
- If a pooled test result is positive, then each person within the pod must be individually retested to determine who was positive.
About UTM® Universal Transport Medium™ Collection Kits
COPAN’s Collection & Transport Kits for COVID-19 combine state-of-the-art FLOQSwab® flocked collection swabs with the superior sample preservation of UTM®: Universal Transport Medium.
UTM® Universal Transport Medium Universal Transport Media without beads is a FDA cleared collection and transport system suitable for collection, transport, preservation, and long-term freeze storage of clinical specimens containing viruses for viral molecular diagnostic testing, and meets CDC Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical COVID-19 Specimens.
UTM® Universal Transport Medium's unique media formulation includes antibiotics to inhibit bacterial and fungal growth, without affecting viruses. The transport medium comes in a plastic, screw cap tube and maintains organism viability for 48 hours at room or refrigerated temperature.
About FLOQSwab® Flocked Collection Swabs
Invented by COPAN, FLOQSwab® flocked swabs are a special type of swab produced with an applicator tip that is spray-coated with short Nylon® fibers arranged perpendicularly. Unlike traditional swabs made with materials that can trap the specimen, flocked swabs use a thin absorbent layer of Nylon® fibers with no internal core, allowing greater sample uptake and release.
| Media | 3 mL UTM® Universal Transport Media |
|---|---|
| Quantity | (5 Swabs + 1 Tube per Kit), 10 Kits/Pack, 6 x 10 Kits/Case |
| SKU | 3C062N |
| Swab Type | Nasal Nylon® FLOQSwab® Flocked Swab |
| Tube Type | 16x100mm Skirted Tube |
About COPAN DIAGNOSTICS, Inc.
With a reputation for innovation, COPAN Diagnostics Inc. is part of COPAN Group, the leading manufacturer of collection and transport systems in the world. COPAN’s collaborative approach to pre-analytics has resulted in FLOQSwabs®, ESwab™, UTM® Universal Transport Medium™, and laboratory automation WASP® and WASPLab®. For more information, visit www.copanusa.com