Author: Kinloch, Natalie N; Shahid, Aniqa; Ritchie, Gordon; Dong, Winnie; Lawson, Tanya; Montaner, Julio S G; Romney, Marc G; Stefanovic, Aleksandra; Matic, Nancy; Brumme, Chanson J; Lowe, Christopher F; Brumme, Zabrina L; Leung, Victor
Title: Evaluation of nasopharyngeal swab collection techniques for nucleic acid recovery and participant experience: recommendations for COVID-19 diagnostics Cord-id: cwmste19 Document date: 2020_10_14
ID: cwmste19
Snippet: Nasopharyngeal swabs are critical to the diagnosis of respiratory infections including COVID-19, but collection techniques vary. We compared two recommended nasopharyngeal swab collection techniques in adult volunteers and found that swab rotation following nasopharyngeal contact did not recover additional nucleic acid (as measured by human DNA/RNA copy number). Rotation was also less tolerable for participants. Notably, both discomfort and nucleic acid recovery were significantly higher in Asia
Document: Nasopharyngeal swabs are critical to the diagnosis of respiratory infections including COVID-19, but collection techniques vary. We compared two recommended nasopharyngeal swab collection techniques in adult volunteers and found that swab rotation following nasopharyngeal contact did not recover additional nucleic acid (as measured by human DNA/RNA copy number). Rotation was also less tolerable for participants. Notably, both discomfort and nucleic acid recovery were significantly higher in Asians, consistent with nasal anatomy differences. Our results suggest that it is unnecessary to rotate the swab in place following contact with the nasopharynx, and reveal that procedural discomfort levels can differ by ethnicity.
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