Classification of disposable sterile microbiological swabs

The classification of disposable sterile microbial swabs mainly includes the following types:

1. Colony Count Swab: A swab used to count microbial colonies, usually with a marked side to limit the size of the swab and provide a mark.

2. Environmental Monitoring Swabs: Swabs used for environmental monitoring, suitable for surface, water and air sampling, usually have a marked side to limit the size of the swab and provide a mark.

3. Cell sampling swab: This type of swab is suitable for sampling various cells, such as blood, organs and tissues. It usually has a marked side to limit the size of the swab and provide a mark.

4. Food Industry Swabs: Swabs used to detect microorganisms in the food industry to verify product production and hygiene standards, usually have a marked side to limit the size of the swab and provide a mark.

5. Medical swabs: used in the medical and health field, such as microbial sampling at wounds, bacterial detection, cell collection, pathogen specimen collection, etc. Usually there is a marked side to limit the size of the swab and provide a mark.

6. Special test swabs: suitable for special tests, such as the detection of viruses, fungi, yeast, etc. These swabs can be tested using special culture media to detect these microorganisms more accurately.