Copan Liquid Based Microbiology™ combines swabs with liquid transport and processing media, transforming challenging specimens into easy-to-process, multi-purpose liquid samples.
Another step toward the preanalytics revolution
If the times of semi-solid agar-based sample transport systems are long gone, it’s thanks to the conception of Copan’s Liquid-Based Microbiology™. Pushed by the revolutionary FLOQSwabs®, Liquid-Based Microbiology is today the gold standard of microbiology specimen transport that transforms solid specimens into easy-to-process, automatable, and multi-purpose liquid samples. Since the marketing of eSwab® back in 2006, many liquid media have been added to the LBM® family, so that presently there are almost no clinical microbiology specimens that cannot be collected, transported, or processed in a liquid medium.
Why Liquid-Based Microbiology? Designed to meet modern labs’ needs
LBM’s pioneer preanalytics solution offers numerous advantages for microbiology labs seeking top efficiency and high-quality results. The same specimen collected with a multipurpose LBM media can be used for a broad range of applications – culture, Gram stain, antigen detection, and molecular assays. This eliminates the need for multisampling, improving patient comfort and reducing plastic waste and operational costs associated with stocking numerous collection devices and collected samples.
FLOQSwabs® Inside | The perfect match
Combining our LBM® media with FLOQSwabs® expands your possibilities by ensuring an unmatched specimen collection in many anatomical collection sites. Discover why we call them “the perfect collection device.”
