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FLOQSwab™: Optimisation of Procedures for the Recovery of Microbiological Samples from Surfaces
The FLOQSwab™ is a specimen collection device worldwide recognised for its superior performance in the clinical diagnostics. The aim of this work was to evaluate FLOQSwab™ for the recovery of microbiological samples from surfaces compared to the traditional swab (rayon tipped swab) as per ISO 18593:...
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PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5090112/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27853708 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2016.5756 |
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author | Finazzi, Guido Losio, Marina Nadia Varisco, Giorgio |
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description | The FLOQSwab™ is a specimen collection device worldwide recognised for its superior performance in the clinical diagnostics. The aim of this work was to evaluate FLOQSwab™ for the recovery of microbiological samples from surfaces compared to the traditional swab (rayon tipped swab) as per ISO 18593:2004 standard. The FLOQSwab™, thanks to its innovative manufacturing technology, allows improving the efficiency of recovery and release of analyte. The study has been divided into two experiments. In the first experiment the two swabs were evaluated for their capacity to recover and release the analyte (three different bacterial loads of Escherichia coli). In the second experiment, the two swabs were evaluated for their capacity to recover three different bacterial loads of E. coli from two different surface materials (stainless steel and polypropylene). In all experiments the flocked swab demonstrated a higher recovery rate compared to the traditional rayon tipped swab. The data obtained from this preliminary study demonstrated that the FLOQSwab™ could be a good food surfaces collection device, which improves the recovery of the analyte and thus produces accurate results. Based on the outcomes of the study, a larger field study is in progress using the FLOQSwab™ for samples collection to improve both environmental monitoring and the efficacy of the hygiene controls for food safety. |
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spelling | pubmed-50901122016-11-16 FLOQSwab™: Optimisation of Procedures for the Recovery of Microbiological Samples from Surfaces Finazzi, Guido Losio, Marina Nadia Varisco, Giorgio Ital J Food Saf Article The FLOQSwab™ is a specimen collection device worldwide recognised for its superior performance in the clinical diagnostics. The aim of this work was to evaluate FLOQSwab™ for the recovery of microbiological samples from surfaces compared to the traditional swab (rayon tipped swab) as per ISO 18593:2004 standard. The FLOQSwab™, thanks to its innovative manufacturing technology, allows improving the efficiency of recovery and release of analyte. The study has been divided into two experiments. In the first experiment the two swabs were evaluated for their capacity to recover and release the analyte (three different bacterial loads of Escherichia coli). In the second experiment, the two swabs were evaluated for their capacity to recover three different bacterial loads of E. coli from two different surface materials (stainless steel and polypropylene). In all experiments the flocked swab demonstrated a higher recovery rate compared to the traditional rayon tipped swab. The data obtained from this preliminary study demonstrated that the FLOQSwab™ could be a good food surfaces collection device, which improves the recovery of the analyte and thus produces accurate results. Based on the outcomes of the study, a larger field study is in progress using the FLOQSwab™ for samples collection to improve both environmental monitoring and the efficacy of the hygiene controls for food safety. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2016-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5090112/ /pubmed/27853708 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2016.5756 Text en ©Copyright G. Finazzi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0). (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) |
spellingShingle | Article Finazzi, Guido Losio, Marina Nadia Varisco, Giorgio FLOQSwab™: Optimisation of Procedures for the Recovery of Microbiological Samples from Surfaces |
title | FLOQSwab™: Optimisation of Procedures for the Recovery of Microbiological Samples from Surfaces |
title_full | FLOQSwab™: Optimisation of Procedures for the Recovery of Microbiological Samples from Surfaces |
title_fullStr | FLOQSwab™: Optimisation of Procedures for the Recovery of Microbiological Samples from Surfaces |
title_full_unstemmed | FLOQSwab™: Optimisation of Procedures for the Recovery of Microbiological Samples from Surfaces |
title_short | FLOQSwab™: Optimisation of Procedures for the Recovery of Microbiological Samples from Surfaces |
title_sort | floqswab™: optimisation of procedures for the recovery of microbiological samples from surfaces |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5090112/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27853708 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2016.5756 |
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