A
system for collecting
menstrual blood and
vaginal secretions for diagnostic and health monitoring purposes, and more particularly, to a
system for providing absorbent materials, such as female
sanitary pads and urinal pads, with a strip or patch for collecting bodily fluids, providing a container comprising a
desiccant for transporting and storing the collected sample to a laboratory, dried
menstrual blood samples (DMS), dried
menstrual blood plasma samples (DMPS),
dried blood spots (DBS), and / or
dried blood plasma spots (DPS) are analyzed in a laboratory, or some of the containers without
desiccant can maintain sufficient hydration to maintain the collected cells intact, for analysis using methods such as
DNA testing, slide-based analysis, or
cell culture, for example, for use in the field of laboratory analysis of dried menstrual blood samples (DMS), dried menstrual
blood plasma samples (DMPS),
dried blood spots (DBS), and / or dried
blood plasma spots (DPS), or some of the containers without
desiccant can maintain sufficient hydration to maintain the integrity of the collected cells. Various collection strip structures are provided that can be used for menstrual blood and
vaginal secretions and for collecting and / or separating
venous blood and capillary blood, as well as functional pad design elements to aid in
sample collection, retention of collection strips, and to facilitate high speed manufacturing of pads.