VIRAL TRANSPORT MEDIUM

Specifications

• • • Tube Type: 10mL polypropylene plastic tubes with screw cap

    • Swab Types: Medical grade, nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal nylon flocked swabs.

    • Volume of Media: 3.0 mL

    • Transport Media Type: Universal transport media, sterile, made with salts, antibiotics, preservation agents for viruses, chlamydiae, ureaplasma, and mycoplasma, and collection tube.

    • pH of Media: 7.1-7.5

    • Specimen Storage Temperature: Room or cold temperature, 2-25°C

Media Type & Composition:

Sterile viral transport media with pH indicator, antibiotics, and collection tube, includes:

• • • • Hank’s Balanced Salts Solution (HBSS)
      • Phenol Red
      • Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA)
      • HEPES Buffer
      • Gentamicin Sulfate
      • Vancomycin
      • L-Glutamic Acid
      • Colistin

Media and Virus Stability:

• • • • Unused media may be transported and stored at room temperature, 15°C – 25°C.
      • Shelf life of unused media is 12 months.
      • After collection, samples should be stored and transported at room or cold temperature 2 to 25°C for up to 48 hours.
      • If samples must be stored longer than 48 hours, it is recommended to cryopreserve them at -70°C.