BD™ Specimen Collection and Transport System

Features

• Sustains Viability for Viruses, Chlamydiae, Mycoplasmas and Ureaplasmas in a Single Formulation
• Designed with safety and convenience to meet your viral testing needs
• Room temperature and refrigerated viability in one formulation
• Offers flexibility in transport temperature ranges–room temperature or refrigerated
• Suppresses bacterial and fungal contamination by incorporating antibiotics in the medium
• Preserves viruses and chlamydiae for long-term frozen storage
• Utilizes a phenol red pH indicator to ensure medium integrity at the time of specimen collection
• Available in 1 mL or 3 mL vials to allow for testing flexibility
• Flat-bottomed conical tube stands on the benchtop which reduces the risk of biohazardous spills
• Capture-cap on 3 mL vial eliminates the need for forceps to remove the swab and reduces the risk of contamination
• Scored swabs eliminate the need for scissors
• Able to be used with flocked swabs which feature nylon strands that use capillary action to absorb and elute the entire sample into liquid media
• Kit includes 3 mL vial with a minitip flocked swab