He used a swab stick to do this surgeon-like job.

Scherr gave Bill eight swab sticks and containers.

Joanna hurled the broken swab stick into the biohazard trash and took the cold pack from Brad.

The swab stick broke in Joanna's hand, spattering antiseptic It was one thing to try to pry information from Peggy Vine in the guise of offering help.

If using liquid transport medium, the swab stick should be handled with care and only above the red line or indentation which marks where the shaft is snapped off after insertion into the medium.

Firstly the hole, if wet, was dried out with a swabbing stick and wadding and the charge was then poured in, care being taken to avoid spillage around the mouth of the hole.

In the spring and summer of 1986 I wrote The Tommyknockers, often working until midnight with my heart running at a hundred and thirty beats a minute and cotton swabs stuck up my nose to stem the coke-induced bleeding.