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Dr. Yuan-Po Tu contributes to research supporting use of polyester nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing

Date posted: April 22, 2021

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A team of researchers including Dr. Yuan-Po Tu, Infectious Disease Specialist at The Everett Clinic and Physician Executive at OptumLabs, recently published evidence that finds polyester nasal swabs stored in dry collection tubes offer a reliable and inexpensive alternative to foam swabs stored in transport media. The results, published in PLoS One, provide hope that this more affordable method for COVID-19 self-testing will bolster testing capabilities especially in low resource settings where swabs and other testing components are in limited supply.