RespDirect™ Collection Kit (eDLT)

Vials and swab in a lab setting.

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    Transform Respiratory Specimen Processing

    Streamline laboratory workflow with the Hologic® RespDirect Collection Kit. After collection, the enhanced Direct Load Tube (eDLT) arrives in the lab and is ready to load onto the Panther®/Panther Fusion® System without any uncapping or specimen transfer steps. The eDLT features a penetrable cap offering laboratories the benefit of an automated workflow developed with laboratory professionals in mind.

    This collection device is intended for NP and Nasal collection with the following assays: 1-2

    Panther Fusion® SARS-CoV-2/Flu A/B/RSV assay 

    Aptima® SARS-CoV-2 assay

    Vial and swab

    Our direct load tubes are safer, faster, and more efficient.

    "The integrated approach of Hologic utilizing a collection device that can be loaded directly onto the Panther system has led to faster throughput, safer handling of specimens and its automated nature led to lower overhead costs and decreased technologist turnover."
    Clinical Lab Survey Respondent based in Miami, Florida
    Vials and Panther System

    Deliver Results Sooner

    Expedite turnaround time using random and continuous access to load specimens for respiratory testing alongside samples for other Aptima and Panther Fusion assays, without batching. Prepare for the unpredictable testing surges associated with respiratory season with automation capable of processing over 1,000 samples per day.

    Reduce labor/costs/risk with RespDirect Collection Kit.

    Reduce human error and repetitive motion injuries.

    Eliminate manual uncapping, recapping and specimen transfer.

    Penetrable cap serves as additional cross-contamination barrier.

    Guanidine free, non-toxic media.

    Inactivates common respiratory pathogens.

    Directly load RespDirect tubes onto the Panther system.

      1. Panther Fusion SARS-CoV-2/Flu A/B/RSV assay. US package insert AW-32326. Hologic, Inc.; 2024. 2. Aptima SARS-CoV-2 assay. US package insert AW-32532. Hologic, Inc.; 2025.

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