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cord-329886-3z4kps8l	Gupta, Kalpana	Adverse effects of nasopharyngeal swabs: Three-dimensional printed versus commercial swabs	2020-06-11		.txt	text/plain	560	34	51	title: Adverse effects of nasopharyngeal swabs: Three-dimensional printed versus commercial swabs To the Editor-To date, >6 million tests for COVID-19 have been performed in the United States, with the vast majority utilizing nasopharyngeal sampling. 1 The need for large-scale testing in the COVID-19 pandemic has created a global shortage of commercial nasopharyngeal swabs. 2 Guidance on the safe collection of nasopharyngeal samples using commercial swabs is available in text and video format 3,4 ; however, no data are available on the adverse effects of either commercial or 3D swabs, making it difficult to assess their relative safety. However, the~5%-10% incidence of epistaxis after nasal swabbing with either commercial or 3D swabs warrants caution in testing individuals at increased risk for bleeding. Open development and clinical validation of multiple 3D-printed nasopharyngeal collection swabs: rapid resolution of a critical COVID-19 testing bottleneck	./cache/cord-329886-3z4kps8l.txt	./txt/cord-329886-3z4kps8l.txt