LABORATORY TESTS OF A SANITARY TOWEL-INDICATOR FOR THE EXPRESS DIAGNOSTICS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES

The vaginal microbiota is one of the most numerous in composition and dynamically changing biological systems of the female body. Despite the variety of modern diagnostic capabilities, the identification of the causative agent of vaginal infection is rather difficult; therefore, treatment is often prescribed symptomatically. The article is devoted to the creation of a test system for the dynamic control of the pH of vaginal discharge, which is a sanitary towel with an applied solution of bromothymol blue. The high sensitivity of the obtained test system to pH> 6, which is necessary for the timely diagnosis of changes in the pH of vaginal discharge, has been demonstrated. The obtained results showed the possibility of the long-term storage of the obtained test system while maintaining its chemical properties.