BBL™ CultureSwab™ Plus are sterile ready-to-use systems intended for the collection, transport and preservation of clinical specimens for bacteriological examination. Each BBL CultureSwab Plus unit is comprised of a sterile peel pouch containing a rayon-tipped swab applicator used to collect the sample and a tube containing transport medium into which the swab applicator is placed after sampling.
- The transport media is non-nutritious, buffered with phosphate and provide a reduced environment, due to its formulation with sodium thioglycollate
- Preferred samples for anaerobic investigations are: tissue samples obtained during surgical procedures, biopsies from tissue or bone, fluid, pus, or aspirates collected using a syringe
- Once a swab sample is collected, it should be placed in the tube of medium, transported to the laboratory as soon as possible and cultured onto appropriate primary isolation media
The nominal formula for Amies Transport Medium Without Charcoal per L of distilled water is:
| Sodium Chloride: | 3.0 g |
| Potassium Chloride: | 0.2 g |
| Calcium Chloride: | 0.1 g |
| Magnesium Chloride: | 0.1 g |
| Monopotassium Phosphate: | 0.2 g |
| Disodium Phosphate: | 1.15 mL |
| Sodium Thioglycollate: | 1.00 g |
| Bacteriological Agar: | 7.5 mL |