A swab assembly is provided which includes a swab fitted with an absorbent material
at one end of a stick, and a holder for releasably capturing the swab. The holder
includes a connecting bridge area with a central groove traversing along a length
direction thereof flanked by first and second gripping wings, the wings being sufficiently
flexible to bend between a relatively non-stressed and a stressed position allowing
the stick, respectively to be engaged and to be released from the groove.
