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Innovative saliva collector
Blue Collect™
Blue CollectTM is a CE-IVD marked device for self-collection of saliva for downstream laboratory analyses.
![Blue Collect: Device for patient-friendly and volume standardized self-collection of saliva](https://www.inactivblue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Blue_collect_360_view.gif)
Key features
- Simple device to collect saliva, also for children (+5 years)
- Convenient design for self sampling
- Easy visualisation of the required saliva volume due to transparent collector
- Inert material: no inhibition of RT-qPCR
- Ideal for large scale screening purposes
- Accurate control of small volume of 1.3 mL of saliva
- When used in conjunction with InActiv Blue® containing tubes, viscosity of saliva is greatly reduced
Did you know that 90% of patients prefer our saliva collection device over nasopharyngeal swab?
Long term stability of RNA in saliva stabilized in InActiv Blue buffer
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InActiv Blue® | DNA/RNA Defend™ | DNA/RNA Defend Pro™ | ||
DNA/RNA stability | 2 - 8 °C | 30 days | 30 day | 8 days |
25 °C | 30 days | 30 days | 2 days | |
37 °C | 8 days | 8 days | - |