Passive Drool Participant Sampling Packs (PSPs)

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Each Passive Drool Participant Sampling Pack (PSP) is customized and pre-assembled for your unique study protocol, making it simple for participants to collect samples correctly and your team to store them efficiently. Salimetrics’ PSPs are assembled using the patented Saliva Collection Aid with analyte-validated 2mL polypropylene cryovials. These PSPs are based on best practices developed over 10,000 studies, allowing participants to collect up to 1.8 mL of saliva while reducing mess and improving compliance. Organizing your Sample Collection before you start increases the likelihood of participant compliance; obtaining, reliable high-quality samples; and creating a cleaner data set for your research study data. You don’t need to spend the time and energy sorting, labeling and organizing your individual collection devices. Each Participant Sampling Pack is pre-assembled for your protocol, making it simple for participants to collect samples correctly and your team to store them efficiently.

Passive drool is a saliva collection method for collecting whole saliva (also called “mixed” saliva). Passive drool is considered by many researchers to be the gold standard when collecting saliva samples for biological testing, because it provides the purest sample possible and allows researchers to “biobank” samples for future testing.  Although collecting whole saliva by spitting or drooling might seem to be easy, it actually can be a messy task that discourages some people from donating samples. The Passive Drool saliva collection system includes everything you need to reduce mess, increase compliance, accelerate your sample collection, and preserve your sample integrity. Complete with 2 mL cryovial, saliva collection aid, and sample collection instructions, this system is ready to use in the field or on-site.