Viral testingMUST specify virus to test for (Molecular testing only)
Flexible flocked swab
Fine flexible snap-able Use for nasopharyngeal
Liquid medium, VTM or UTM
Green Screw Top Tube*
Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea NAAT, & female genital sites Trichomonas NAAT
BD Swab collection kit
Rigid snap-able
Buffer
Yellow Screw Top Tube
Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea NAAT & female urines Trichomonas NAAT
BD Urine transport kit
Transfer pipette
Urine preservative
STI Molecular Panel = Chlamydia/Gonorrhoea/Trichomonas
Influenza/RSV/ Measles/Pertussis MUST be nasopharyngeal swab, (nose &/or throat swab NOT suitable).
Y
Pertussis NAAT test only, culture is NOT available.
Recommended specimen: Female – vaginal or cervical swab; Male – first catch urine
NAAT = Nucleic acid amplification test (molecular)
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Vaginal
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y *
Y *
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
VTM = Viral Transport Medium
Cervix, Rectal / STI
Ear
Y
Urethral
Conjunctival
Y
Throat
Liquid medium, VTM or UTM
Y
Naso-pharynx
Rigid snap-able
Y
Low nose
Standard flocked swab
(and urethral for gonorrhoea culture)
Skin for Herpes
* Use green BD tube for chlamydia & gonorrhoea NAAT
Y
Wounds / Skin
Liquid Amies Medium
Sterile sites
Flexible snap-able
STI Molecular Panel
Copan 481CE
Pertussis NAAT
Small swab for ears, eyes bacterial culture
Virus NAAT
Liquid Amies Medium
* Use green BD tube for cervix STI (chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomonas NAAT)
Bacterial
Rigid snap-able
gonorrhoea culture)
Copan eSwab or Puritan Opti-Swab
Shaft
General purpose bacterial culture swab (including
SITES
ASPIRATES OR TISSUE SAMPLES PREFERABLE
variety of colours (Purple, Red, Green)
Comments
Viral or Universal transport media tube (VTM), (UTM)
Transport Medium
Orange Screw Top Tube
Swab/Kit Name
White Screw Top Tube
Description
Swab Chart September 2022
TEST
Y
Y UTM = Universal Transport Medium
Y