Traditional Sampling Methods

To maximize the accuracy and confidence levels of laboratory results from rapid, ultra-sensitive bio-detection technology, an equivalent or higher level of sample acquisition is required.

The swab-rinse sampling method was developed in 1917. Since then, there has been little innovation in sampling technologies. Currently, swabs, sponges, and contact plates are the most widely used sampling technologies.

Throughout the past two decades there have been billions of dollars spent on detection systems in order to improve pathogen testing. Sampling processes however, have been largely ignored.

Even the best detection equipment cannot detect pathogens that were never recovered in the sampling process. Pathogen detection can be no better than the sample.