The technical term is pipette:

  n. a slender tube for transferring or measuring small quantities
  of
     liquids esp. in chemistry.

  v.tr. transfer or measure (a liquid) using a pipette.

(Oxford American Dictionary).

Yeah yeah, whatever... slender tube works fine for me... :P

I used them a lot back when I was doing molecular genetics (yes,
bacteria can be subjects of lemon fanfics!).

Although he might be more likely to use a swab.

It was found that the chlorine used to sterilize cotton swabs 
rendered most DNA sampling useless. Alcohol doesn't have this effect, 
but cotton sterilzed in alcohol is next to worthless.

   Think about it, and then get back to me.

You're right, although modern American pratice would be to use a
disposable plastic pipette, and to throw it in a biohazard box, the
contents of which would later be burned.  Dr. Tofu (and Nerima in
general, witness the tofu vendor's whistle) is a bit behind the
state of the art, though.

Maybe, but EVERY time I have seen a fluid sample taken from a woman, 
it has been a glass tube. I went with what I knew for this. (after 
Hitomi was nice enough to remind me that a sample would be taken.)

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