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About Impact Of COVID-19 on
“Medical Swabs “ Applications and Markets
The sterile swab plays a vital role
in the sub-sectors of healthcare industry, such as medical,
forensic, sample transport, and environmental testing. In medical
sector, sterile swabs are used in various applications, such as
applying medicine, collecting the sample, and cleaning a surface
where it is hard with bare hands. Moreover, medical sterile swabs
are also used for diagnosing, DNA testing, gynecological
screening, wound care, and surgeries. The growing incidence of
chronic diseases is expected to increase the demand for sterile
medical swabs for the collection of samples.
A rise in research applications has
increased the demand for sterile swab, as swabbing helps
collecting unseen microorganisms and facilitates transferring
bacterial samples for inoculating bacterial colonies. Thus, the
outbreak of pandemic has resulted in increased clinical and
diagnostics research applications to understand the physiology of
the COVID-19.
The introduction of point-of-care (POC)
and rapid diagnostic testing (RDT) technologies have increased the
demand for sterile medical swabs.
Polyester Tipped Swabs
Polyester is a synthetic spun fiber
made from a polymer. Originally introduced into the realm of
medical diagnostics by DuPont under the brand name Dacron®, it is
now manufactured by others and no longer carries a brand name.
Polyester fiber has been tested and validated for use in specimen
collection in microbiology, rapid test diagnostics and PCR
analysis.
Polyester tipped swabs boast
excellent collection and release properties.
Foam Tipped Swabs
Medical grade polyurethane foam has
been found to be an excellent tip material for diagnostics. Foam
is produced in a range of porosities in sheet form. Common
configuration for use in tipped applicators is 100 ppi (pores per
inch). For chemical resistance, polyethylene foam is chosen.
(Ref :
https://www.theinsightpartners.com/reports/medical-sterile-swabs-market)
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