IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE COLLECTORS AND HANDLING THEREOF

Disclosed is a biological sample collector 500 comprising a solid support 12 having plural discrete areas (22, 24, 26, 28 Fig 1) for accepting a biological sample, each area being chemically differentiated, for example by having a different chemical treatment sorbed onto the solid support. An envelope 530 encloses the solid support. A cover portion 520 can cover the biological sample after collection to prevent infection. UV light can be applied to the collected sample to reduce the risk of infection. 本申请公开了包含固相支持体12的生物样品收集器500，所述支持体具有用于接收生物样品的多个离散的区域(22、24、26、28，图1)，每个区域例如通过具有吸附到固相支持体上的不同的化学处理被化学区分。封套530包绕固相支持体。盖部分520可在收集后覆盖生物样品以防止感染。UV光可应用于收集的样品以降低感染的风险。