Liquid Based Microbiology Brochure
Get more from every swab. See how ESwab® and Copan's full LBM collection line improve diagnostic sensitivity, reduce costs, and simplify the path to automation. Preview the brochure below or download the PDF to share with your team.
What's inside
A closer look at ESwab® and the full Liquid Based Microbiology portfolio — how converting challenging specimens into standardized liquid samples improves diagnostics, cuts costs, and opens the door to automation.
- Recover more of every specimen: ESwab® elutes over 90% of the patient sample into Liquid Amies transport medium — enabling multiple tests from a single collection, including culture, Gram stain, molecular, and rapid antigen testing
- Improve diagnostic confidence: FLOQSwabs® paired with liquid-based systems deliver quantitative, measurable, and consistent sample transfer backed by evidence-based research
- Reduce collection device costs: one standardized system replaces multiple collection devices across testing applications, simplifying inventory and lowering supply costs
- Collect once, test many times: fewer collections per patient improves comfort and reduces clinician time — especially important for pediatric and difficult-to-collect specimens
- Unlock automation: standardized LBM tubes are designed for automated specimen processors like WASP®, minimizing manual handling and maximizing your automation investment
The brochure also covers FecalSwab™, SnotBuster™, UriSponge®, ordering information, and 29 scientific references. See the PDF for full details.
Ready to make the switch?
Copan provides hands-on expertise to help labs transition to Liquid Based Microbiology — from product evaluation through verification guidance and staff training.
Whether you're looking to standardize swab collection with ESwab®, expand into stool or sputum processing, or connect your collection workflow to WASP® automation, our team can help you plan the right path.
Specimen Collection & Transpor Kits
Copan's extensive range of collection and transport kits feature patented flocked or fiber wrapped swabs paired with specialized transport media to safely collect specimens and maintain sample integrity for downstream testing using culture-based and molecular methods.
UTM® Universal Transport Medium™
Collection, Transport & Preservation of Clinical Specimens Containing Viruses
ESwab® Liquid Based Collection and Transport
Collection, Transport & Preservation for Aerobic, Anaerobic and Fastidious Bacteria
UriSponge® System for Urine Specimens
Collection, Transport & Preservation of Urine Specimens from the Collection Site to the Testing Laboratory
FecalSwab® System for Enteric Bacteria
Collection, Transport & Preservation for Enteric Pathogens
MSwab® System for Molecular Assays
Collection and Preservation System for Molecular Assays and Gram-Positive Bacteria
Transystem™ Traditional Bacteriology Transport
