Oral care swabs are disposable, single-use oral care sponges attached to a stick. They are used for oral care in the hospital and long-term care setting.[1] Disposable oral care swabs may also be known by other various names, such as sponge swab,[2]swabs for oral care,[2]foam swab,[3]mouth swab,[4]oral swabstick,[citation needed] and the trademark name Toothette.[citation needed]
Two Toothettes and their packaging
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Disposable oralcareswabs may also be known by other various names, such as sponge swab, swabs for oralcare, foam swab, mouth swab, oral swabstick,[citation...
alone. Oralcareswabs, commonly known as Toothettes, are small sponges attached to a stick, often used for oralcare in hospital or long-term care settings...
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to a glass slide. Oralswabs are taken if culture is required. Some recommend that swabs be taken from 3 different oral sites. Oral rinse involves rinsing...
ISBN 9781608317080. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. "Prevantics Swab- chlorhexidine gluconate and isopropyl alcohol solution". DailyMed. 26 October...
antigen detection test or throat swab is recommended. PCR testing has become common as it is as good as taking a throat swab but gives a faster result. Other...
should be examined by a health care professional who is able to rule out oral cancer (e.g. a dentist, oral physician, oral surgeon, or maxillofacial surgeon)...
trichomoniasis. In gonorrhea the discharge may be white, yellow, or green. A swab of the discharge is usually performed. Treatment depends on the cause. Spread...
Candida species. For the culturing method, a sterile swab is rubbed on the infected skin surface. The swab is then streaked on a culture medium. The culture...
water) and application of 0.1% sodium fluoride (NaF) solution using cotton swab. At home, parents and caregivers are instructed to keep the same dietary...
visit. Testing can be done on the urine or a swab of the cervix, vagina, or urethra. Rectal or mouth swabs are required to diagnose infections in those...
score, may help separate possible causes. Confirmation may be by a throat swab or rapid strep test. Treatment efforts involve improving symptoms and decreasing...
the salivary flow rate (hyposalivation). Oral candidiasis can be tested for with use of a swabs, smears, an oral rinse or saliva samples. It has been suggested...
able to remove tonsil stones using a cotton swab. Oral irrigators are also effective. Most electric oral irrigators are unsuitable for tonsil stone removal...
(2008). Medic!: How I Fought World War II with Morphine, Sulfa, and Iodine Swabs. Towne AN (1999). Doctor Danger Forward: A World War II Memoir of a Combat...
through fecal–oral transmission (e.g. poor hygiene, or by ingestion of food or water contaminated by human feces), or via the oral–oral route. Those who...
These PCR-based tests require a sample of urine, urethral swabs, or cervical/vaginal swabs. Culture (growing colonies of bacteria in order to isolate...
almost looks like yellow pus onto the swab. If there is any blood in the sputum, this should also be on the swab.[citation needed] Microbiological sputum...
Eastman Dental Hospital forms one of the largest concentrations of oral health care specialists and research in Europe. The institute runs an extensive...
care products to the Howard University of Dentistry and Meharry Medical College of Dentistry in order to Support their efforts to provide free oral health...
poor access to dental care (homeless, uninsured, etc.) or populations with health-related behaviors that damage one's teeth and oral mucosa (tobacco, methamphetamine...
with the San Francisco-based online pharmacy Alto Pharmacy to provide oralswab home test kits to patients in California. The tests were reportedly distributed...
secondary caries, use of a weak post, or excessive occlusal forces. Oral home care needs to remain at a high standard, brushing twice a day for the duration...
laboratory analysis, especially where cholera is a common problem. Stool and swab samples collected in the acute stage of the disease, before antibiotics have...
drooling, and other irritants is usually bilateral. The lesions are normally swabbed to detect if Candida or pathogenic bacterial species may be present. Persons...
plastic-handled cotton swab used for dry mouth. They immediately transferred him to an outside hospital. The hospital found other swabs in his mouth, which...
rashes/bruises. A sample of the vaginal discharge is then collected using a cotton-swab and tested for pH and under microscopy. The most common causes of pathological...
minimal pain to patient. Although swab cultures have been shown to reliably identify the organisms causing an infection, swabs are only able to identify bacteria...
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