Lab Week 2025
Get Ready to Solve
the Lab Week Mystery
Join us on social media as we dive into a week of mysterious specimen capers, clever techs, and the Copan products that help the lab to solve the case. Each day, we’ll post a new case—can you guess which product cracked it?
Follow Along All Lab Week!
We’ll be posting a new mystery each day. Follow us during Lab Week, read the clues, and make your guess using #labweek. Don’t miss your chance to prove your diagnostic detective skills!
Explore the Cases
Can you crack the case before it’s revealed?
Meet the Sample Collection Squad
These are the clue collecting helpers that help the lab solve the case, and (spoiler alert) they’re also the answers to this week’s mystery clues!
ESwab®
Your microbiology mystery-solver— patented liquid-based system gathers the evidence, and works seamlessly with automation to crack every case from culture to gram stain. Another lab legend in action!
UriSponge®
The newest secret weapon in the lab’s crime-solving arsenal—FDA-cleared and ready to roll with a dip and-close design, perfect preservative balance, and seamless automation for high-volume urine mysteries. Another breakthrough, another case cracked.
FecalSwab®
The lab’s undercover expert—preserving enteric evidence with patented precision, ditching the mess, and delivering automation ready samples in a compact, clue-cracking container. Another mystery solved!
SnotBuster®
The lab’s slick sidekick for sputum sleuthing— liquefies clues on contact, skips the mixups, and streamlines automation for smooth, consistent planting. No mess, no waste— just cold, clinical liquification.
Full Laboratory Automation
The lab’s high-tech headquarters—automating the evidence trail from plating to results with precision robotics, smart imaging, and AI-powered insights. Fast tracks the clues. SOLVES THE CASE. EVERY TIME.