Amies Swab - Swab Culture

Transport Swab with Amies | Amies Swab

Description:

• • Composed by  stick, tip and  sealing tube, Medium of Amies
  • The swab tip material:absorbent cotton, artificial cotton, polyester fiber.
  • Stick material : steel, wooden , PP

Features

• • Amies transport medium swab for recovery of aerobes, anaerobes and fastidious organisms.
  • Wire shaft with narrow bud for urethral sampling with minimal discomfort.
  • Charcoal enhances recovery of fastidious microorganisms.
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Benefits

• Transport at ambient or refrigerated temperatures.
• Open weave bud for optimum release and improved sensitivity in diagnostic tests.
• Charcoal enhances recovery of fastidious strains.

— It can be classified to: Amies medium, Amies with Charcoal, Stuart medium, Stuart with Charcoal, Cary-blair medium and Cary-Blair with Charcoal.
— It can supply a best solution for the collection ,storage, transportation of the microorganism specimen, whose character and activity can be effectively protected before analysis.
— It is composed by collection swab and swab tube with medium. According to different requirements, the swab stick has optional material like wood, PP or PS. The swab tip material is available in superior absorbent cotton, artificial cotton, polyester fiber.
— Adapted to sampling from the parts of pharyngeal, nose, ear, eye, vagina, urogenital canal, skin, intestinal tract etc.
— Sterilized by Gamma radiation.
1. Amies Agar Gel Swab:
Used for bacillus coli sampling. Can be stored for 72 hours after collection.
2. Stuart Agar Gel Swab:
Used for gonococcus sampling. Can be stored for 72 hours after collection.
3. Cary-Blair Agar Gel Swab:
Used for campylobacter jejuni sampling, comma bacillus, salmonella, shigella. Can be stored for 72 hours after collection.