Description
Order # 678514_CSS Manufacturer # 900612 Brand Para-PakÌ´å¬ Single-Vial C and S Manufacturer Meridian. Application Stool Specimen Container. Closure Type Screw Cap with Sampling Device Color Translucent with Orange Cap Graduations Without Graduations Material Plastic Sterility NonSterile Usage Disposable Volume 15 mL Fill (0.5 oz.) Additive Culture and Sensitivity Medium Additive
- Parapak C&S (culture and sensitivity) is a system for collection, transportation and preservation of bacterial enteric pathogen, when maximum sensitivity is required from a stool culture procedure30 ml plastic disposable vials are filled with 15 ml of Modified Cary-Blair transport medium, containing phenol red indicator
- This isotonic non-nutritive medium will preserve the viability of delicate pathogens (as shigella and campylobacter) preventing overgrowth by commensal organisms
- A change in color of the indicator from red to yellow will indicate an overgrowth and improper storage of the specimen
- Enteric pathogen survival for 96 hours and longer
- Leak-proof screw cap with collection spoon
- The ParaPak C&S must be stored at Room Temperature
