Culture Media BACT/ALERT® BPA Culture Bottle Blue

Features

• BACT/ALERT® BPA culture bottles (REF 279018) are used with the BACT/ALERT® Microbial Detection Systems for quality control testing of leukocyte reduced apheresis platelet (LRAP) units
• and both leukocyte reduced single and a pool of up to six (6) units of leukocyte reduced whole blood platelet concentrates (LRWBPC) BACT/ALERT BPA culture bottles support the growth of aerobic microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) BACT/ALERT BPA disposable culture bottles contain 40 mL of media and an internal sensor that detects carbon dioxide as an indicator of microbial growth The BACT/ALERT BPA culture bottle does not require venting The media formulation consists of pancreatic digest of casein (1.7% w/v)
• papaic digest of soybean meal (0.3% w/v)
• sodium polyanethol sulfonate (SPS) (0.035% w/v)
• pyridoxine HCl (0.001% w/v)
• and other complex amino acid and carbohydrate substrates in purified water Bottles are prepared with an atmosphere of CO2 in oxygen under vacuum