Screening 12 Test with Taste Strips

The Screening 12 Test with taste strips is a basic smell identification test plus basic taste test. The smell test consists of 12 Sniffin’ Sticks with different everyday odors. The taste strips have the flavors sour, bitter, salty and sweet and you will receive 25 strips of each taste. All materials, a holder and tweezers are also included.

This test is available from stock, worldwide shipping.

Smell test with taste Strips

With the Burghart Sniffin’ Sticks “Screening 12 Test” the question whether the patient possesses a normal or decreased olfactory sense can be roughly answered. Besides the screening of the olfactory function this test also contains taste strips. About 10-15% of patients with a decreased sense of smell also have a taste impairment. That is why it is advisable to also test the taste function. The taste strips with the four basic flavors (sweet, sour, salty and bitter) in the highest concentration make it possible to perform a quick screening of the taste function.

The patient names the smell and taste using a multiple choice form which offers four definitions for every pen and taste strips, only one of which is correct. A template that goes with the multiple choice forms makes evaluation very simple. This test is a commonly used test within ENT and occupational health and safety services. After performing this screening test you can roughly say whether the test person has anosmia, hyposomy or normosmia. It is based on the identification of every-day odors in the scope of a „multiple-forced-choice“ method. The time required for the execution and evaluation of the test is between 3 and 4 minutes.

The official name of this test is the ODOFIN Sniffin’ Sticks Screening 12 Test plus ODOFIN Taste strips.

Odors and tastes Screening 12 Test

The Screening 12 Test has 12 sticks with everyday odors. The odors of these sticks are peppermint, fish, coffee, banana, orange, rose, lemon, pineapple, cinnamon, cloves, leather and liquorice.

This test also includes 4 x 25 taste strips with the four basic flavors sweet, sour, salty and bitter in the highest concentration.

Contents of the test

This test will be delivered with:

• 12 Sniffin’ Sticks
• 4 x 25 taste strips (sweet, bitter, salt and sour)
• Tweezer for the taste strips
• Holder
• Instructions for use
• Combination of evaluation and answering pad, including scoresheet.
• Multiple choice cards (available in multiple languages)

Expiration date

Each stick is labelled with a best before date, you can use the Sniffin’ Sticks for as many persons as you want before this date. Important is that you use the stick correctly, don’t touch the tip of the pen with fingers or nose. That will contaminate the stick and you cannot use the stick anymore because you cannot guarantee the quality of the odor of the stick. The shelf life for the Screening 12 Test and taste strips is approx. 1-1.5 year.

Due to hygiene reasons we cannot accept returns of the sticks and taste strips.

Refill sets

If you are looking for the refill sets, we have the following items available:

• refill screening 12 test (only 12 sticks)
• refill taste strips (only the 4 x 25 strips)

How to use the test

We regularly receive questions about the use of the Burghart Sniffin’ Sticks. On this page we explain step by step how the Screening 12 test works, as you can see it is an easy and user-friendly smell test.