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nasopharyngeal swab

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00:55 May 21, 2020
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-), Medical: Health Care, Medical (general), Science (general)
English term or phrase: nasopharyngeal swab
Definition from CBC Canada:
A nasopharyngeal swab can look like an extra-long Q-Tip or a plastic wand with a collection surface on the end. It is inserted up the nose, far back where the health-care professional collects a sample by swabbing. This is the method preferred by the World Health Organization in testing for COVID-19. However, there is another method of collection available to health-care professionals: an oropharyngeal swab. Instead of going up a patient's nose, the sample is collected orally at the back of a patient's throat.

Example sentence(s):
  • Even as state and local governments continue to buy traditional coronavirus testing kits that rely on nasopharyngeal swabs, major research universities and their private-sector partners are trying to leapfrog ahead to the next generation of tests. Washington Post
  • Health officials on the North Olympic Peninsula also have deployed a patient-collected nasal swab that does not require a heath care worker to insert a nasopharyngeal swab into the back of a person’s nasal cavity. Sequim Gazette
  • We found it performs as well as, and in a number of cases better, than the nasopharyngeal swab, said lead researcher Anne Wyllie, an associate research scientist at the Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Conn. "We have another very viable option." WebMD
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4provtagningspinne för nasofarynx
Karin and Folke Nettelblad (Folia Textproduktion HB)
4nasofarynxpinne
Anna Grynfeld Smith


  

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provtagningspinne för nasofarynx


Definition from own experience or research:
En extralång bomullspinne som förs långt in i näsan, till den översta delen av svalget, bakom näsan, där bomullstoppen gnuggas mot svalgväggen för att samla upp ett prov. Används vid provtagning för covid-19 och andra infektionssjukdomar.

Example sentence(s):
  • använd provtagningspinne för nasofarynx gärna ESwab blå kork eller för virusdiagnostik "flockad pinne" i ett rör med 1-2 mL steril koksalt - Vårdhandboken  
  • Influensa A RNA (PCR) kan utföras på prov från nasofarynx, antingen taget genom aspirat eller med flockad provtagningspinne för nasofarynx (KD artikelnummer 44689). - Landstinget i Uppsala län  

Explanation:
Ofta, och i synnerhet till patienter, används en omskrivning i stil med "en provtagningspinne som förs långt in i näsan".
Karin and Folke Nettelblad (Folia Textproduktion HB)
Sweden
Local time: 14:00
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 977
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nasofarynxpinne


Definition from own experience or research:
En nasofarynxpinne är en bomullspinne med plast- eller träskaft som används för provtagning. Den förs in genom näsan till bakre svalgväggen och får där suga upp sekret i 10-60 sekunder. Nasofarynxpinnen förvaras sedan i ett rör med fysiologisk koksaltlösning. Provlösningen kan därefter analyseras med PCR för att påvisa förekomst av nukleinsyra från exempelvis SARS-CoV-2 eller andra patogener som orsakar infektion i luftvägarna..

Example sentence(s):
  • Virusets nukleinsyra utsöndras i de flesta fall tidigt i infektionsförloppet och påvisning i provmaterial från övre luftvägar (nasofarynxpinne och/eller svalgprov) används i regel för att ställa diagnos. - Folkhälsomyndigheten  
  • Nasofarynxpinne i rör med koksalt för PCR (alternativt nasofarynxaspirat), se laboratoriets provtagningsanvisningar. - Skaraborgs sjukhus  
  • För steril nasofarynxpinne längs näsgolvet - helst utan att vidröra näsans slemhinna - till bakre nasofarynxväggen. - Region Jönköpings län  

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Other references:

Janusinfo
https://janusinfo.se/behandling/akutinternmedicin/infektions...

Nordic Biolabs AB
https://www.nordicbiolabs.se/storage/ma/01b0c5ac98e74cccbd8c...

Vårdgivare Skåne
https://vardgivare.skane.se/vardriktlinjer/laboratoriemedici...

Anna Grynfeld Smith
Switzerland
Local time: 14:00
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 64
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