Engineering, feasibility, and safety of force-controlled oropharyngeal swabs with a 3D-printed feedback system FCCSS (force controlled COVID-19 swab study) - a preliminary study

• Váldodahkkit: Melcher, Peter (Dahkki), Metzner, Florian (Dahkki), Schleifenbaum, Stefan (Dahkki), Wendler, Toni (Dahkki), Rahden, Paul (Dahkki), Pietsch, Corinna (Dahkki), Hepp, Pierre (Dahkki), Henkelmann, Ralf (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: article
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Errors in laboratory diagnostics of viral infections primarily occur during the preanalytical phase, which is especially observed in sample collection. Hitherto, no efforts have been made to optimize oropharyngeal smears. An accurate method to analyze the necessary conditions for a valid oropharynge...