Transport swabs are the best solution and most convenient for you to collect and transport a clinical specimen,and provide an adequate degree of preservation for those specimens which can not be forwarded immediately to the laboratory for prompt examination.All raw materials and swab components are tested for no harmfulness to microorganisms.Excellent absorbency and release rate of microorganism.Four formulations optional,all reagents are analytical grade to make sure the lowest possible level of non-viable organisms.The performance is investigated with the Swab Elution and Roll-Plate methods. All batches of the finished product are tested for sterilization confirmation.

Composed with a sample swab,a transport tube pre-filled with a transport medium and a peel pouch.According to the utilized medium,four disposable products,Amies gel,Amies gel with charcoal,Cary-Blair gel,Stuart gel are manufactured.There are four different colored caps of the transfer tubes for distinguishing these four product units.The assembled unit is sterile and prepared to use for collecting,transporting and preserving microbiological specimens.

Amies gel swab:

Recommended for aerobic,facultative anaerobic,fastidious aerobic and anaerobic bacteria possibly exist in the wound,nose,throat,nasopharyngeal,vagina or urogenital and skin specimens,especially suited for specimens containing Neisseria gonorrhoeae.Another modified Stuart medium,replaces glycerophosphate with inorganic phosphate,and add calcium and magnesium salts for controlling the permeability of the bacterial cells and so contributing to their survival.This modified medium yielded a higher percentage of positive cultures.

Amies gel with charcoal swab:

Recommended for aerobic,facultative anaerobic,fastidious aerobic and anaerobic bacteria possibly exist in the wound,nose,throat,nasopharyngeal,vagina or urogenital and skin specimens,especially suited for specimens containing Neisseria gonorrhoeae. An improved Amies medium containing charcoal, the charcoal on the media neutralises inhibitors and bacterial toxins,and prolong the viability of pathogenic organisms.

Cary-Blair gel swab:

Recommended for aerobic,facultative anaerobic,fastidious aerobic and anaerobic bacteria,specially fecal and rectal samples.Another modified Stuart medium,use inorganic phosphate instead of glycerophosphate that can be metabolized by some bacteria,and raise the ph to 8.4,the medium was effective in maintaining the viability of Salmonella and Shigella in fecal samples,and prevents bacterial overgrowth by Escherichia coli and Klebsiella aerogenes.

Stuart swab:

Recommended for aerobic,facultative anaerobic,fastidious aerobic and anaerobic bacteria possibly exist in the wound,nose,throat,nasopharyngeal,vagina or urogenital and skin specimens.The modified Stuart medium originally described by Stuart in 1948,for transporting gonococcal specimens to the laboratory.Currently the medium has been proved to can also maintain the viability of a variety of specimens.