What is Amies Agar Gel?
Simplify the transportation of throat, vaginal, wound and skin swabs with Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid™ Amies Agar Gel with Charcoal Transport Swabs. The presence of charcoal in the medium neutralizes bacterial toxins and other inhibitory substances and prolongs the viability of pathogenic organisms.
What are Amies swabs?
Amies Transport Medium is an improved transport medium, containing charcoal to prolong the viability of pathogenic organisms. It is a semisolid media recommended for use in qualitative procedures for the transport of clinical swab specimens to the laboratory.
What is bbl culture swab used for?
What is a BBL CultureSwab used for? The swabs on this page are made to specifically collect throat, wound, epidural, and vaginal specimens.
What is transport swab used for?
Transport Swab is the ideal solution for customers requiring an environmental sample collection device containing more than 1 mL of pre-filled liquid broth.
What is Cary Blair transport medium?
Remel Cary Blair Transport Medium is a semisolid medium recommended for use in the transportation and preservation of clinical specimens, primarily stool and rectal swabs.
What is Stuart transport medium?
Stuart Transport Medium is a nonnutritional medium which maintains the viability of organisms without significant multiplication. The small agar content provides a semisolid consistency which prevents oxidation and drying during transport.
What is Liquid Amies used for?
Puritan® Liquid Amies Collection and Transport System is intended for use in the collection and transport of clinical specimens containing aerobic, anaerobic and fastidious bacteria from the patient to the laboratory for bacteriological examination and culture.
What is Amies transport medium used for?
Amies is an improved transport medium containing charcoal to prolong the viability of pathogenic organisms. It is a semi-solid medium recommended for qualitative procedures for transporting clinical swab specimens to the laboratory.
What is Amies transport medium?
How long can vaginal swabs be kept?
Specimen Storage and Transport Specimens collected with the Vaginal Specimen Transport must be stored and transported to the laboratory at 2-30°C within 14 days of collection. Alternatively, specimens may be stored and transported to the laboratory frozen (-20°C) within 180 days of collection.
How long is a culture swab good for?
24-48 hrs.
Good for 24-48 hrs. Specimen must not be contaminated with urine or toilet water, or be from a diaper. Submit fresh (unpreserved) specimens to lab preferably within 2 hours of collection.