Formulary

17.7.2 Woven and fabric swabs

First Line
Second Line
Specialist
Hospital Only

4-ply Fabric Swabs 

Non-Woven Fabric Swabs

(Non-woven fabric folded 4-ply; type 13 light, sterile or non-sterile)

  • Sterile: 4-ply 7.5 x 7.5cm (£0.30 = 5 swabs)
  • Non-sterile: 4-ply 10 x 10cm (£0.93 = 100 swabs)

Notes

  1. On prescription this needs to be written as “non-woven fabric swab” and “Drug Tariff Specification 28”

8-ply Gauze Swabs

Gauze Swab BP 1988

(Absorbent cotton gauze type 13 light or absorbent cotton and viscose gauze type 1 folded into squares or rectangles of 8-ply with no cut edges exposed, sterile or non-sterile)

  • Sterile: 8-ply 7.5 x 7.5cm (£0.46 = 5 swabs)
  • Non-sterile: 8-ply 10 x 10cm (£1.60 = 100 swabs)