At present, medical technology needs to promote positive energy!
The current epidemic has come and gone.
In particular, important medical materials such as disposable virus sampling tubes (virus transport media) play a key role.
At present, the quality of the products of various manufacturers on the market is also uneven, and there is also a risk of affecting the accuracy of the experimental results.
Make products with a realistic and rigorous scientific attitude;
Let the front-line medical staff have no worries, and provide them with a steady stream of “cannonballs”.
Below we will define the virus delivery medium and explain typical components and options for use.
What is a virus transport medium?
10ml Viral Transport Medium VTM Swab Tube Kit
It is suitable for the collection of various influenza viruses, avian influenza viruses, COVID-19 novel coronavirus, hand, foot and mouth virus samples.
Realize the lysis and inactivation of the virus in the sample.
At the same time effectively ensure the stability of the viral nucleic acid in the sample during storage and transportation at room temperature.
And collect the sample for subsequent PCR analysis and detection.
Features:
✳ Room temperature stable storage;
After use, Stored at room temperature for 7 days, which is conducive to the collection and transportation of samples.
✳ Quick release
Using swabs to collect samples is conducive to subsequent nucleic acid release.
✳ Safe and rapid inactivation of virus samples
The preservation solution can quickly inactivate virus samples, effectively reducing the level of biosafety requirements for sample transportation and subsequent testing laboratories.
✳ Swab breakpoint design
After sampling, the designed rod breakpoint design can easily break the head and save it in the tube.
What are the components of the viral transport medium?
The sample transport medium, viral transport medium (VTM), stabilizes cells and viruses in potentially infected patient samples during transport from the point of collection to the testing facility.
These reagents are suitable for various types of viruses, including coronaviruses, herpes viruses, and influenza viruses.
CellMedical’s products for sample transport include viral transport media and saline solutions, which are both efficient collection and transport media for subsequent qPCR assays.
All sample transfer media are manufactured in a state-of-the-art GMP facility certified to ISO 13485:2016.
UTM Tube with NP Flocked Flexible Swab
1. Virus sampling tube;
Some data suggest that polypropylene (Polypropylene) is related to the adsorption of nucleic acids, especially at high tension ion concentration, polyethylene plastic (Polyethylene) is easier than polypropylene (Polypropylene) to grasp DNA/ RNA.
In addition, when using breakable swabs, the storage tube should try to choose a container with a height of more than 8 cm to prevent the contents from splashing.
Some tubes may be formulated to contain buffered proteins and antibiotics to inhibit the growth of potentially contaminating bacteria and fungi.
2. Virus Transport Media;
VTM consists of Hanks Balanced Salt, Foetal Bovine Product, anti-bacterial prescription antibiotics, anti-fungal anti-biotics as well as Phenol Red as an indication for real-time surveillance of pH security of the service.
3. Collection of flocked swab;
The sampling swab directly contacts the sampling site, and the material of the sampling head is closely related to the subsequent detection.
Sampling swab tips should be made of Polyester (PE) synthetic fibers or Rayon (man-made fibers).
Prohibit calcium alginate sponges or wooden stick swabs (including bamboo sticks).
For example, the material of the swab tip cannot be cotton.
Products, because cotton fibers have strong adsorption of protein.
It is not easy to be eluted into the subsequent preservation solution.
Our flocked swabs are famous for their stable and reliable performance and excellent absorption and elution ability.
Viral transport media applications
The virus sampling tube is a complete set of centrifuge tubes for sampling and transporting viruses such as influenza virus, hand, foot and mouth virus, covid test, etc. in the microbial sampling transport tube, also known as the specimen transport tube.
In the current epidemic, virus sampling is also an important part. Generally, viruses exist in large quantities in the nasopharynx of the human body.
The pharyngeal tester collects virus samples from the nasopharynx and puts them in a virus sampling tube.