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BBL™ Port-A-Cul™ Tubes, Vials and Jars contain a unique pre-reduced transport medium with reducing agents, and are intended for use in maintaining viability of both aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms during transport from the patient to the laboratory. The presence of an indicator in the medium further assures the efficacy of the system by continuously monitoring the environment in the medium. Viability of a wide variety of strict anaerobic, aerobic and microaerophilic organisms is maintained for up to 72 hours at 20 to 25°C.
The BBL™ Port-A-Cul™ Transport Jar Sterile Pack features a 3" screw cap jar with a 1" wide mouth opening to facilitate specimen insertion and removal.
Port-A-Cul Tubes, available in sterile or non-sterile packs, are used for specimens obtained on swabs. Swabs containing specimens are inserted into the pre-reduced soft agar, the hand-contaminated end of the swab shaft is broken off and discarded. The swab is easily removed from the tube with sterile forceps for inoculation onto appropriate growth media.
Sterile packages containing one tube and two polyester-tipped wooden swabs or one vial only are intended for collection of specimens in sterile areas, such as surgical suites.
Port-A-Cul Vials are used for transport of fluid specimens. Fluid specimens are injected directly through the rubber seal onto the soft agar surface. Reducing agents in the agar generate and maintain anaerobiosis. Upon arrival at the laboratory, the fluid is removed from the vial with a sterile syringe and needle and transferred to growth media.
The Port-A-Cul Fluid Collection Kit consists of a sterile-packaged vial and syringe to provide the operating room staff with the convenience of a sterile syringe and needle readily available in the same pack. The syringe is a BD 5cc syringe with a 22-gauge needle and Luer-Lok™ closure.