Saliva as a Diagnostic Sample: Overcoming Mucin Interference

The “Stringy” Sample

Saliva is patient-friendly but technically difficult due to mucins causing viscosity (stringiness). This halts flow on the strip.

Mucolytic Sample Pads

Our Universal Strips can be paired with our proprietary “Mucin-Busting” sample pad pretreatment, which breaks down glycoprotein networks instantly, allowing saliva to flow like water.

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