"The manufacturer of the Biological Indicator shall
identify or make available a suitable recovery medium and/or the
complete data for the preparation of one."
- Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)
ST59:1999, page 8).
Raven Labs manufactures prepared culture media
specially formulated for use with our spore products. Other
formulations are also available for various microbiological tests.
(Soybean Casein Digest Broth) is the recommended media (USP 24) for use
with Biological Indicators. Use of another media may detrimentally affect
outgrowth of spore. Raven's TSB is manufactured and tested to meet USP and
NCCLS sterility and growth promotion guidelines. It is also specially
formulated for use with our spore products.
Prepared Media is packaged in Type I borosilicate glass tubes with
polypropylene screw-caps (white rubber liners). Available sizes:
13mm X 100mm, 16mm X 100 mm, and 20mm X 100 mm test tubes. Also
available in 500 ml and 1L screw capped, pourable bottles. Other sizes
available upon request.
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Raven recommends Acumedia TSA and TSB for use in verifying the
certified label claims for our products. Acumedia has an extensive
line of high quality dehydrated culture media at affordable prices.
Raven uses Acumedia in-house for the manufacture and QC testing of
our products. The entire Acumedia line is now available through
Raven Labs and many of our international
distributors. Please call for a catalog.
Click Here for our Acumedia Price List
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