Sampling kit for the transport of sputum

Abstract

There was still an unsatisfied need to have a device specifically adapted for the collection of sputum, for example from CF patients. This technical problem is overcome by the kit of the invention comprising a sterile sampling container having a gas-permeable cap, an anaerobic atmosphere generator, and a sealable pouch adapted to receive the sterile sampling container and the anaerobic atmosphere generator therein. This kit is easy to use, cost effective and makes the transport of the sample easy while the sample can be kept viable for several hours. Our in vitro tests show that the use of the kit improves the number of survival colonies by 3 log after 48 h for V. parvula and by 1 log after 24 h for S. aureus.

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