Special Features:

Contains amies agar gel, no charcoal; blue cap; 5 ml deep gel column affords protection, improves sample viability; venturi hourglass design prevents disintegration or breakdown of gel column during specimen transport; undesirable bubbles and breaks in gel automatically squeezed out as swab is inserted; eliminates air pockets harmful to fastidious bacteria, centralizes swab; single plastic swab; soft rayon swab tips are inert and non toxic to micro organisms and patients; extra long 5.250 swab shafts; extra large size polyurethane foam sponge soaked with liquid transport medium stays anchored in place; no activation step necessary; large preattached label; 50 per package; 500 per case

Properties:

A self-contained unit used in the collection of bacteriological specimens and subsequent transportation an nourishment of same to the place of analysis. It may contain separate applicator(s). Excludes tube, specimen; and tube, biological culture sampling.