BD Vacutainer® Specimen Collection Swab, Anaerobic, without Medium, Sterile, 25/cs 236500

Features & Benefits:

• The BD BBL™ Vacutainer® Anaerobic Specimen Collector is the only media-free device.
• The media-free design helps minimize the sample dilution that may occur in media-based products and eliminates the potential for nonviables that occur in some transport media and keeps the specimen moist while allowing direct, fast and easy plating in the laboratory.
• The device offers a built-in oxygen-elimination system that's achieved by depressing a plunger and a reliable colour-change indicator to ensure that anaerobic conditions have been achieved.
• The BD BBL Vacutainer anaerobic specimen collector keeps anaerobic bacteria viable for up to 72 hours.
• The sterile collector is packaged in a peel-apart envelope designed for use in the OR.
• Whether you're transporting swab, tissue or liquid specimens, you'll find the Vacutainer Anaerobic Specimen Collector the best alternative to meet your needs.
• A complete system that's easy to use by all hospital personnel, the Vacutainer Anaerobic Specimen Collector offers simplicity and sterile security for your anaerobic specimens.
• Gas-impermeable barrier – assures anaerobic atmosphere is maintained.
• Easy activating plunger – simply fully depress plunger to activate system.
• Anaerobic indicator – built-in quality control turns from white to pink when anaerobiosis is achieved.
• Anaerobic generating system – removes oxygen by combining oxygen with hydrogen to produce water (H20). Enables anaerobe transport without media, thus eliminating specimen dilution and presence of nonviables that can occur with agar gel based products.
• BD BBL Vacutainer anaerobic specimen collector, 540 Total Shelf Life.

Application:

• For Collecting Anaerobic Specimens.