Sentence examples for obtaining swabs from inspiring English sources

This requires parents following a standardized protocol of obtaining swabs regularly and mailing them promptly to our laboratory.

Cleansing the wounds prior to obtaining swab specimens was done in an effort to remove immediate surface contaminating organisms (bacteria).

Thus, we need to increase the awareness of clinicians and microbiologists of the importance of obtaining swab specimens from any chronic nonhealing skin lesions in patients who have traveled to a disease-endemic area.

A microbiologist analyzed intraoperatively obtained swabs that were considered positive when the same bacteria were present in two of five swabs or when the patient had additional signs of bacteremia (elevated C-reactive protein [CRP] levels or leukocytosis).

Median levels of L. crispatus were higher in the clinic obtained swabs (p = 0.02).

It might also be helpful to obtain swabs from the usual human companions of the dogs.

A veterinarian obtained swabs from the nares, throat and perineum of 10 pigs.

Just prior to the clinical the obtained swabs were sent for mycological testing.

Surveyors in the present study obtained swabs by rubbing the tip of a sterile cotton swab on the abdomen, thighs, groin, and feet 10 to 20 times [ 24].

The mean value for the behavior of the children rated by the parents was 3.9 (standard deviation: 2.8, range: 1 10) based on all obtained swabs.

There were no differences in demographic variables, including education level or days between drop-off and receipt of swabs, among participants whose self- and research-staff obtained swabs correlated versus those whose swabs did not correlate (Table 1).