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We're America's Swab Experts

Puritan Medical Products is an American family-owned company. We're known worldwide as the most trusted manufacturer of swabs and single-use specimen collection devices for healthcare, diagnostics, forensics, controlled environments and environmental sciences.

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Diagnostics

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Forensics + Genetics

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Environmental

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Microbiology Media

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Medical

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Controlled Environments

Our History

A tradition of excellence

Puritan is now in our 104th year of business. We founded our company on the principles of pride in achieving excellence and determination to succeed. Our customers know us for quality, consistency, outstanding customer service, and our commitment to partnering with them in their pursuit of these same principles.

Customization at Puritan

Equipped to create your ideal product

Looking for a cutting-edge solution? You can get a new product designed, configured, and manufactured specifically for your unique needs.

Our Standards

When you've been around since 1919, change is inevitable. While we've certainly grown, one thing that's never changed at Puritan is our incredibly high standards. This commitment and attention to detail are why we have a worldwide reputation for consistent quality. In fact, we regularly go beyond for our own QC satisfaction because it is extremely important to us that every product we make is the best of its kind.

Quality

Our manufacturing facility is ISO certified and CE mark registered, so you can be certain we adhere to the strictest quality guidelines.

Consistency

We'll deliver excellent products and services across our organization every time, on time. That's our promise to you.

USA Made

Order with confidence, knowing our products are manufactured, packaged, and shipped from our state-of-the-art facility in Maine.

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Upcoming Events

ESCMID Global

Apr 17 - 21, 2026 / Munich, Germany   |   Booth D-32

Food Safety Summit

May 11 - 13, 2026 / Rosemont, IL   |   Booth 608

ADLM: Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine

Jul 26 - 30, 2026 / Anaheim, CA   |   Booth 1561

AMP 2026 Annual Meeting

Nov 10 - 14, 2026 / Seattle, WA   |   Booth 613

Past Events

Feb 09 - 13, 2026
Jan 20 - 22, 2026

VWR Americas Sales Conference

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