Description
- Parapak C&S (culture and sensitivity) is a system for collection, transportation and preservation of bacterial enteric pathogen, when maximum sensitivity is required from a stool culture procedure
- 30 mL plastic disposable vials are filled with 15 mL of Modified Cary-Blair transport medium, containing phenol red indicator
- This isotonic non-nutritive medium will preserve the viability of delicate pathogens (as shigella and campylobacter) preventing overgrowth by commensal organisms
- A change in color of the indicator from red to yellow will indicate an overgrowth and improper storage of the specimen
- Enteric pathogen survival for 96 hours and longer
- Leak-proof screw cap with collection spoon
- The ParaPak C&S must be stored at room temperature
