0 a small piece of soft material used for cleaning a cut or for taking a small amount of substance from a body, or the substance itself that can then be tested: --
1 to wash a surface, especially the open, flat areas of a ship, with a wet cloth or mop --
2 to clean a cut or take a small amount of substance from a body using a small piece of soft material --
3 a small piece of soft material at the end of a thin stick, used esp. for cleaning something or for putting on medicine: --
a cotton swab
The fluid was squeezed from the swab into the stomacher bag or poured into a sterile test tube.
Both the posterior and anterior portions of the naris were included in this single swab.
In swab experiment 1, liners were swabbed in duplicate after infected quarters had been milked.
A daily rectal swab was taken from all consenting individuals of any age from all these households during one week.
The total area swabbed was around 0.4 m2.
In these situations surface swabs, especially ear swabs,83 may be helpful in supporting a diagnosis.
Individuals were swabbed on up to eight occasions over the study period, which lasted 29 weeks.
It was quite surprising that the nasal swab is related to the infection rate parameter and the tonsillar swab not.
