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.