Specimen collection
Buccal swab
Used across 0 service lines — — for 0 analytes.
- Device
- Collection swab in transport tube
- Specimen
- Buccal (cheek) cells
- Collection
- Collected by swabbing the inside of the cheek. No phlebotomist required, and the patient can perform it. Used for genotyping, where the target is germline DNA and any nucleated cell will carry it.
- Transport
- FedEx in a clinical pack, or courier pickup where available
- Menu
- MTHFR and COMT genotyping