Diagnostic Hybrids

UTM for Specimen Transport

330CHL     50 UTM Tubes
3-mL UTM medium in 10-mL size screw cap with internal shaped conical bottom. Each tube contains three 3-mm glass beads.

350CHL     50 UTM Minitubes
1-mL UTM medium in minitube screw cap with internal shaped conical bottom. Each tube contains three 3-mm glass beads.

Flocked Swabs for Specimen Collection

501CS01     Flocked Swab, minitip plastic applicator, nylon fiber tip, sterile in peel pouch (flocked swab).  Quantity: 100.

502CS01      Flocked Swab, regular size swab, plastic applicator, nylon fiber tip, sterile in peel pouch, 80 mm breakpoint (flocked swab). Quantity: 100.

503CS01     Flocked Swab, flexible minitip plastic applicator, nylon fiber tip, sterile in peel pouch, 100 mm breakpoint (flocked swab). Quantity: 100.

516CS01     Flocked Swab, ultra minitip plastic applicator, nylon fiber tip, sterile in peel pouch, 100 mm breakpoint.

518CS01     Flocked Swab, minitip plastic applicator, nylon fiber tip, sterile in peel pouch, 100 mm breakpoint.

519CS01     Flocked Swab, Regular size swab, plastic applicator, nylon fiber tip, sterile in peel pouch, 100 mm breakpoint.

525CS01     Flocked Swab, ultra-thin plastic applicator, nylon fiber tip, sterile in peel pouch, 80 mm breakpoint.

551     Flocked Swab, minitip plastic applicator, nylon fiber tip, sterile in plain dry tube (flocked swab). Quantity: 100.

552     Flocked Swab, Regular size swab, plastic applicator, nylon fiber tip, sterile in plain dry tube (flocked swab). Quantity: 100.

553     Flocked Swab, Flexible minitip plastic applicator, nylon fiber tip,sterile in plain dry tube. Quantity: 100.

Educational Resources

• Benefit of Using COPAN’s Universal Transport Medium (UTM) and Flocked Swab with the BinaxNow Flu A/B Test Systems for Reflex Testing
  

  Christine Biggs¹ and Ron Lollar². ¹The Chester County Hospital, PA, and ²Diagnostic Hybrids, Athens, OH.  Download File

• Comparison Between Flocked Swabs and Nasopharyngeal Aspirates for the Detection of Common Respiratory Viruses
  

  Afaf Abu-Diab¹, Randa Kattan¹, Maysa Azzeh²,  Musa Y Hindiyeh¹. ¹Caritas Baby Hospital, Bethlehem, Palestinian Authority, ²Al-Quds University, East Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority.

• Comparison of Flocked Swabs versus Mattress Swabs and Nasal Aspirates for the Collection of Nasopharyngeal Samples
  

  Jimmy Page, PhD, James Class, Nathan Chapman, and David Scholl, PhD. Diagnostic HYBRIDS, Athens, OH. Download File

• Comparison of Rapid Influenza Antigen Kits for Analytical Sensitivity and Compatibility with Viral Transport Medium
  

  Joseph A. Jollick, Nathan Chapman, Mat Longiaru, PhD. Diagnostic HYBRIDS, Athens, OH. Download File

• Comparison of Universal Transport Media (UTM) and Microtest (M4) Media for the Recovery and Stability of Select Microorganisms
  

  Z Wilkey¹, J Langer¹, A Croft1, CA Petti2. ¹ARUP Laboratories, Inc., and ²Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT.

• COPAN UTM-RT Preserves Viral Infectivity of Original Clinical Specimens During Long-Term Storage at -70oC
  

  S. Castriciano², M. Booth¹, E. Zanella²,A. Petrich¹, M. Smieja¹, and M. Chernesky¹. ¹Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program and McMaster University St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, CANADA, and ²Copan Italia, Brescia, ITALY.

• Evaluation of Copan Universal Transport Medium for the Preservation of Metapneumovirus
  

  Joseph A. Jollick, Nathan Chapman, Mat Longiaru, PhD. Diagnostic HYBRIDS, Athens, OH. Download File

• Evaluation of Copan Universal Transport Medium in Combination with the Flocked Swab for the Collection and Preservation of Respiratory Viruses
  

  Kathy A. Fauntleroy, Richard Henry, Davise H. Larone. Weill Cornell Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY. Download File

• Evaluation of the Effectiveness of COPAN UTM-RT for Long-Term Storage and Preservation at -70°C of Epithelial Cells for Detection of Virus by Direct Immunofluorescence Assay and Nucleic Acids for Amplification Assay
  
• Lowered Sample Rejection Rate for Rapid Direct Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Children by Use of a Flocked Swab and Nasopharyngeal Sampling
  

  S.E. Richardson, R. Cheung, K. Greenock, J. Nishikawa, Y.C.W. Yau, R. Tellier. Division of Microbiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.

• Pediatric Respiratory Infectious Disease Analysis: UTM-RT versus Flocked Swab Nasal Collections
  

  Paul Walsh¹, Christina Lim Overmyer², Larisa Gofman², Tuan Anh Nguyen¹, Scott Michaelson¹, James Pusavat¹, Lisa DeSalvia², Diana Gonzalez², Melanie Feola², K. Anthony Nguyen¹, Kathryn T. Iacono², Eli Mordechai², Martin E. Adelson². ¹Kern Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Bakersfield, CA, and ²Department of Research and Development, Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, LLC, Hamilton, NJ.

• Validation of COPAN UTM-RT Viral Transport Medium Using Several Nucleic Acid Extraction, RT-PCR and NASBA Methods for the Detection of Influenza A and B
  

  A. Petrich^1,2, S. Castriciano³, K. Luinstra¹, and M. Loeb^1,2. ¹St. Joseph’s Healthcare, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CANADA, and ³Copan Italia, Brescia, ITALY.