Nasopharyngeal Covid-19 swab. NurPhoto via Getty Images. Many who’ve had a nasal Covid-19 test performed on themselves have described it as feeling like that swab got as far back as their brains.

Gently insert the swab along the nasal septum, just above the floor of the nasal passage, to the nasopharynx, until resistance is felt . Figure 2 Patient Wearing a Mask.

A COVID-19 home test in the U.S. comes with a swab to swirl in the nostrils. But some users say they're swabbing the throat too — even though that's not what the instructions say to do.

In a new study, a group of Finnish researchers found that the frequency of serious complications due to a Covid-19 nasal swab test was 1.24 for every 100,000 performed tests in Helsinki University ...

On the demand for swabs. It's overwhelming, to be frank. We are running now six days a week, two shifts, 10 hours a day. We are producing over a million of that particular swab a week to service ...

It’s the golden age of the swab, a 99-year-old invention that has never been more crucial January 10, 2022 More than 3 years ago (Julia Terbrock/The Washington Post; iStock) ...

Here’s what we know so far about the different ways to swab for COVID-19 rapid tests and how effective they are. What we know about nasal swabs In the U.S., the official word is that nasal ...