title: Changing swabs: to validate or not to validate?
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Technical Services, LLC, Dunwoody, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: J Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Sheldon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loeffelholz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D054928:Validation Studies as Topic