Sentence examples for swabs has been from inspiring English sources

To our knowledge, no comparison between nylon flocked swabs and rayon swabs has been conducted in the elderly population.

The presence of neutrophils on Gram-stained vaginal swabs has been associated with preterm birth (Ramsey et al. 2005).

The testing of these swabs has been considered by the Queensland University of Technology QUT Animal Ethics Committeeee and approved under Tissue Use Notification #1100000362.

From February 25 , 1995up to May 12 , 1995 prescription order of perineal swabs has been undertaken to all patients prior to admission, discharge and on a weekly basis, to rule out the unit specific incidence of E.a. acquisition.

During a prospective 8 month period, prescription order of perineal swabs has been undertaken to all ICU patients hospitalized more than 48 h on the admission day, discharge and on a weekly basis.

An upper limit of 11 swabs has been suggested based on the statistical calculation where 11 swabs from a flock (of 10,000 or more) should be sufficient to detect 25% infection rate with 95% confidence, which is the level of surveillance outlined by the NPIP.

Saliva swabs have been taken, too, from hundreds of women in southern Germany, France, even Belgium and Italy.

More than 5,000 cheek swabs have been taken from blood relatives, and more than 15,000 personal articles have been collected.

DNA swabs have been taken from family members and similar work will be carried out in each of the countries affected by the disaster, including Britain.

"Wait a minute — it would be a billion-to-one shot that both of these tests were wrong!" Nassau County argued that the swabs had been partially consumed by previous serological tests and that the incriminating DNA could have been removed.

For years, swabs have been used to sample and transport clinical material for bacteriological examination.