MORNING SENTINEL • April 12, 2020
A Guilford manufacturer that began more than 100 years ago making mint-flavored toothpicks is now producing a million COVID-19 testing swabs per week. Family-owned Puritan Medical Products Co., one of the top two makers of testing swabs in the world, recently added 31 temporary workers to its team of 300 on the production floor and is looking to add more. The swab used for COVID-19 testing has a plastic handle with synthetic materials attached at the tip. No wood is used in their manufacture.