Bio-Tape Surface Lifts allow individual surfaces to be screened for the presence of fungi. Each slide allows you to press the sticky slide against the surface and then this is examined microscopically. No special equipment is needed for sampling. You can test FOUR (4) surfaces and all kits contain full lab reports sent back to you via email. They are also an excellent method that you can use to validate the cleaning success on surfaces.

Although they can't detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2, they do however give you a quantitative, visual measure of how effective your current cleaning protocols are. We suggest you use some tape lifts to test BEFORE and AFTER your routine cleaning to show exactly what is removed. Remember, germs and even virus survive well in proteins like mucus, so, the more efficient the physical process of removing particulates and debris is, the better the environmental clean result.

Our method was also written up here: JONES, C.L. (2019). Comment on fungal tape lift reporting frameworks. J Bacteriol Mycol Open Access. 7(6): 155-157.