Disposable, pre-sterilized fluid receptacle sampling device

A fluid sampling kit for aseptically retrieving a fluid sample from a fluid receptacle, the fluid receptacle provided with a port, the fluid sampling kit comprising sterilized packaging containing

• a sterilized fluid sampling device comprising (a) a body and one or more elongate members, said body having one or more shafts therethrough connecting a first open end of the body with a second open end of the body, said body shaped to fit substantially water-tight within said port such that said first open end faces inside said fluid receptacle and said second open end faces outside said fluid receptacle, said one or more elongate members having a front and a back and shaped to fit substantially water-tight within said one or more shafts, said elongate members being fitted within said shaft with the front thereof proximate said first open end and the back thereof proximate said second open end, said one or more elongate members having a cap and an opening to a passage of each of the one or more elongate members behind the cap, said one or more elongate members being movable within said one or more shafts from an open position to a closed position, whereby the release of fluid out of said fluid receptacle through said fluid sampling device is prevented when said one or more elongate members occupies said closed position and allowed when said one or more elongate members occupies said open position;
• (b) one or more sterilized flexible tubes connected to said back of each of said one or more elongate members;
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• (c) one or more sterilized collection receptacles for collecting fluid released from said fluid receptacle through said fluid sampling device when said one or more elongate members are moved to said open position, the sterilized collection receptacles being connected to said one or more flexible tubes.