section below. Sterility Check and QC: Sterility Check A: Bulk Product . example. Survival of the pathogens was markedly improved when stored in Amies Transport Medium, although there was considerable loss of viability after a few hours of storage. Additionally ESwab® can be used for Gram stains, automation, rapid antigen testing* and molecular assays*. Refer to .

The presence of charcoal in the medium neutralizes bacterial toxins and other inhibitory substances and prolongs the viability of pathogenic organisms. Swabs collected and transported dry or in saline were compared to commercially available swab/medium combinations for PCR detection of influenza, enterovirus, herpes simplex virus, and adenovirus. Amies Transport Medium provides a reduced environment due to the presence of sodium thioglycollate and small amount of agar. 2% FBS ESwab® is a versatile collection and transport system, which can be used for traditional culture for aerobes, anaerobes, fastidious bacteria. 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. For other bacterial culture, place swab in Amies Agar Gel Bacterial Transport. 8.13 Withdraw 100µL of medium for QC sample.

For viral culture

For B pertussis culture, place swab in Bordetella Culture Transport. the medium. shape, colour… (diplococci) •Better detail and higher number of human cells (epithelial cells, leucocytes, red blood cells) •No influence of –volume used (50 µl –100 µl) 8.14 Label the bottle, see . below: VIRAL TRANSPORT MEDIUM . Full text Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (382K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. This modified medium gave a higher percentage of positive results than the transport medium of Stuart. Can be used for nucleic acid amplification testing (eg, HSV) from male urethra. Transport swabs and microbiology swabs: A mix of throat swabs, pertusis swabs, culture swabs, charcoal swabs, nasopharyngeal swabs with amies transport medium. 8.12 Cap the bottle securely and mix thoroughly by inverting the bottle. Depletion of swabs and viral transport medium during epidemics may prompt the use of unvalidated alternatives. Can ESwab® be used … *Must be self-validated.

This can be accomplished using the BD Liquid Amies Elution Swab (ESwab) Collection and Transport System. Amies Agar Gel with Charcoal Transport Swabs come with soft rayon tips, which are inert and non-toxic to microorganisms. Each was detected at an ambient temperature (22°C) and 4°C for 7 days. Use for bacterial culture of nasopharynx or for bacterial/ viral culture of male urethra. Modified liquid Amies transport medium is a nonnutritive phosphate-buffered medium capable of maintaining the viability of aerobic, anaerobic, and fastidious bacteria such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae during transport to the laboratory.

Thayer-Martin Medium (contains vancomycin, colistin, nystatin) Preparation of Viral Transport Medium Page 4 of 8 SOP# DSR-052-05 . Amies gel (Copan) (Fontana et al, 2009) •More bacterial morphotypes visualised •More distinguishable bacterial morphology, i.e.