Sterile Neutralizing Buffer Swab System (Copan)
A useful portable swab system for the microbiological sampling of equipment and containers. Individually wrapped screw-cap plastic tubes come pre-filled with 10 mL of a sterile neutralizing buffer solution and a sterile 6 non-toxic rayon swab. Buffered rinse solution contains neutralizers to inhibit false-negative results of most sanitizing chemical residues, see specifications below.
Specifications
Neutralizer | Activity |
Tween® 80 | QACs, biguanides, phenolics, iodine |
lecithin | QACs, biguanides |
sodium thiosulfate | bleach |
sodium thioglycollate | mecuric compounds |
sodium disulphite | aldehyde disinfectant |