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A throat swab used to test and identify germs and bacteria in the nose and or throat. Throat swabs have a wooden shaft and are available in packets of 250 per packet.
Throat swabs are wooden shaft or plastic shaft sticks used in the throat swab culture which is the test to determine if the is a bacteria which can take about one to two days to get results or fungal infection which can take about seven days in the throat used in the microbiological laboratories. Throat can be referred as epiglottis, tonsils trachea and esophagus. During the test you may feel a little bit uncomfortable as you will feel like you need to gag but only for few seconds and it is very important for a person to be tested to stand as the professional swabs the throat as to make sure he or she takes the sample accurately since it can happen that he miss other germs that can result in the patient not getting the correct diagnosis as the result will not be as accurate as it should be.
One of the main applications of throat swabs is forensic where DNA evidence in a crime scene has to be determined like blood samples, hair and skin fragments. In the medical industry as well where doctors use throat swabs in testing mouth STD (sores in the mouth, red throat which makes it difficult to swallow anything, fever blister and even tonsillitis. Influenza can be tested by the use of throat swabs as well.
Make sure the room has enough light, you have to stand in front of your patient and place the patient in a comfortable position with mouth directly under the light source, make sure the swab does not touch any surface other than the one you intend to take the sample from.
Uncover the tube of the swab by side opening it, hold the swab in a firm position with your hand and do not touch any other surface before taking the sample.
Ask your patient to open the mouth as wide as possible in order to expose the tonsil arear for a good sample.
Supress the tongue with a tongue a tongue blade, careful not to touch sides of the mouth or tongue
Take the sample by carefully rubbing the swab directly to the tonsil firm and remove the swab from the mouth without couching any surface area.
We deliver throat swabs in all surrounding areas in Johannesburg, East rand, West rand, South rand, Pretoria, Vereeniging and other places around South Africa by means of courier shipping.
They come in the pack of 250 units and delivery can take up to 2-3 business days.
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Should You Swab Your Throat When Taking an At-home Rapid COVID Test?
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Anecdotal reports claim that swabbing both the throat and the nose improves the accuracy of at-home rapid at-home COVID-19 tests. However, many U.S. authorized at-home tests haven't been studied using throat swabs. Experts advise against swabbing your throat. If you do it, you should collect nasal swabs as well.
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As COVID-19 cases continue to rise due to the current surge of the Omicron variant, people are testing more frequently to avoid inadvertently transmitting the virus to others. However, many say that at-home rapid tests are not detecting the Omicron variant well enough, leading to false-negative test results.
On social media, anecdotal reports of individuals testing negative with a nasal swab—but positive with a combined throat and nasal swab—are garnering a lot of attention. The hashtag #SwabYourThroat became popular on Twitter while some shared their experiences on TikTok , encouraging more people to give throat swabs a try. People claim that the method helped make the Omicron variant more detectable.
Throat and nose test kits have been in use in the United Kingdom, 1 but the rapid antigen test kits authorized in the U.S. by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) do not call for throat swabs.
Still, many are left wondering whether swabbing the throat should become part of our normal at-home testing routine. Verywell asked experts to weigh in.
Although a few anecdotal reports encourage swabbing your throat, more research is needed to determine whether it does actually improve the accuracy of your test.
“It's really hard to say why this ‘might’ be true, and considerable reason to question whether it is,” Sheldon Campbell, MD , laboratory medicine physician at Yale Medicine and professor at the Yale School of Medicine, told Verywell. “There’s a ton of bias in this sort of anecdote since people who had a positive [result] on the nose wouldn’t bother to do the throat, and people who were negative on the nose then negative on the throat don’t tweet about it.”
Preliminary studies suggest that antigen tests can detect the Omicron variant, but they may have a reduced sensitivity to it. 2 Additionally, a recent study that is currently under peer review for publication found that Omicron replicates 70 times much faster in the bronchi than Delta. 3
“There’s some very-preliminary cell-culture type data to suggest that Omicron is better at replicating in the upper respiratory tract than the lower,” Campbell said. “That doesn’t necessarily mean the throat would be better than the nose.”
According to the FDA, COVID-19 diagnostic tests should be used as authorized. If you are about to use an at-home rapid test kit , follow the instructions indicated on the package. If you plan on swabbing your throat anyway, make sure you're at least swabbing your nose as well.
“It is not recommended practice,” Campbell said. “I have to emphasize that nobody’s actually done a scientific study of nose versus throat [swabs]. If you absolutely feel compelled by the lack-of-evidence to swab your throat, swab it and your nose. Use the same swab and test. Don’t waste terribly scarce tests on this nonsense.”
Two weeks ago, a cell biologist from the University College London shared on Twitter that they tested positive after collecting a sample from both their nose and throat. They used a Flowflex COVID-19 Antigen Home Test , which required nose swabs only.
“Do not substitute throat for nose,” Campbell said. “It’s one thing to say ‘maybe the throat helps’ and add it, it’s quite another to decide that three Twitter anecdotes mean ignoring that we know the nose is a good specimen type.”
Swabbing both the throat and the nose might help collect more viral load, improving the chances of detecting the Omicron variant.
“Swabbing the throat and nose for a rapid self-test could potentially increase test sensitivity,” Preeti Pancholi, PhD , director of clinical microbiology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, told Verywell. “Most viruses replicate in both the nasopharynx—the nose—and the oropharynx—the part of the throat at the back of the mouth—especially in people who have a sore throat. But if the test instructions don’t say to swab the throat, that means the test manufacturer and the FDA haven’t studied the test’s accuracy or efficacy in that way.”
With the increase of people calling for throat swabs on social media, the FDA took to Twitter to reiterate that the available rapid antigen tests are only authorized for nasal swabs.
“The FDA has ‘noted safety concerns regarding self-collection of throat swabs,’ which can harm a patient if done incorrectly. Furthermore, doing this could contaminate the specimen,” Pancholi said. “Self-collection of throat swabs is more complicated and should be collected by a trained professional when needed.”
The FDA advises following instructions and collecting the test specimens as indicated. If a rapid antigen test requires a nasal swab, it may be best to refrain from swabbing the back of your throat as well—at least until more data is available. Collecting an inadequate sample may lead to false negatives.
“If I were testing myself or a family member, I’d do a good, thorough nose swab, only,” Campbell said. “I think thoroughly swabbing up in the nose where the juice is, is more important than maybe-doing-the-throat.”
If you want to avoid possible errors, opting for the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) diagnostic test, which is generally more sensitive than rapid antigen tests, can be a safer bet.
“In any case, regardless of antigen test results, you should isolate for 5 days from the onset of symptoms,” Campbell said. “Right now, don’t go out and be with people if you’re symptomatic. This should be the rule going forward regardless of COVID—don’t infect your friends.”
The information in this article is current as of the date listed, which means newer information may be available when you read this. For the most recent updates on COVID-19, visit our coronavirus news page .
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Medical facilities around the country are faced with patients who present symptoms which could simply be allergies, or could potentially be something more serious like strep throat.
The only way to know for sure is by using proper throat swab collection techniques. To help instruct and inform, we have prepared a step-by-step infographic seen below to serve as a reference for proper throat swab specimen collection using Puritan products.
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