A FLOCKED SWAB AND A METHOD FOR COLLECTION AND TRANSFER OF SAMPLES OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL

摘要

A flocked swab for collection and transfer of samples of biological material, in which the swab comprises a support body having an elongate conformation and having a first end portion and a gripping portion, and a flocked layer defined by a plurality of fibres attached and arranged on the first portion of the support body by flocking, so as to realize a flocked collecting portion aimed at absorbing a quantity of a sample of biological material, the first portion of the support body being provided with a first weakening portion aimed at enabling and facilitating a selective breakage of the swab at the first portion and a separation of a first part of the flocked collecting portion from a second part of the flocked collecting portion and from the gripping portion.