HEPES reagent kit KaiBiLi™

Hank's balanced salt solutionbovine serum albuminlaboratory

The KaiBiLiTM Extended ViralTrans VTM is room temperature stable and can sustain the viability of virus, chlamydiae, mycoplasma, and ureaplasma with flexibility in transport temperature ranges. The KaiBiLiTM Extended ViralTrans is designed for specimen collection and transport for clinical samples suspect containing viruses, chlamydiae, mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas from the collection site to the testing site. Appropriate specimen collection and transport is important to accurate laboratory diagnosis of infectious disease. Not only personnel operating skills, but also a proper specimen collection and transport system are essential attributes for reliable diagnosis result. The KaiBiLiTM Extended ViralTrans is suitable for collection, transport, maintenance and long-term freezer storage of clinical specimens containing viruses, chlamydia, and mycoplasma or ureaplasma. The system is consists of a plastic, stand up tube with screw cap filled with universal transport medium, and with/without flocked swabs. Features & Benefits The KaiBiLiTM Extended ViralTrans consists of modified Hank's balanced salt solution supplemented with bovine serum albumin, cysteine, glutamic acid, gelatin, sucrose and HEPES. The HEPES buffer protects pathogens that are sensitive to pH changes. Phenol red is used to indicate pH. Sucrose aids in the preservation of viruses and chlamydiae when specimens are frozen for long term storage. To minimize the contamination of commensal bacteria and fungi, Vancomycin, Econazole Nitrate, and Polymyxin B are incorporated into the medium formula.