Table 1 Weight of water absorbed by various types of swabs (g)
From: The influence of a swab type on the results of point-of-care tests
Experiment | Swab type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rayon | Flocked nylon | Dacron | Polyurethane foam | |
1 | 0.08889 | 0.14385 | 0.10770 | 0.04498 |
2 | 0.09027 | 0.13655 | 0.10454 | 0.05731 |
3 | 0.10127 | 0.14943 | 0.10123 | 0.05126 |
4 | 0.08063 | 0.14460 | 0.09720 | 0.06365 |
5 | 0.08317 | 0.13577 | 0.10645 | 0.07043 |
Mean ± SD | 0.088846 ± 0.007 | 0.14204 ± 0.005 | 0.103424 ± 0.004 | 0.057481 ± 0.009 |