NEOGEN 6433 Quick Swab w/1 mL Letheen

The NEOGEN Quick Swab is a ready-to-use environmental sampling system consisting of a 12.7 cm cotton swab with a viscose tip containing a Letheen neutralizing buffer in which bacteria can recover. It reduces the work required for preparing, collecting, and plating environmental samples, thereby increasing efficiency.

• NEOGEN Quick Swabs reduce the work required for preparing, collecting, and plating environmental samples, thereby increasing efficiency.
• The easy-to-handle shape improves sampling consistency from plant to plant and from plant to plant.
• The swab can be used wet or dry and is suitable for hard-to-reach places, increasing sampling flexibility.
• The ready-to-use swab is easy to use and can eliminate the need for mixing dilution solutions and the use of pipettes, allowing for faster sampling.
• The ready-to-use environmental swab quickly delivers a 1 ml sample onto a NEOGEN Petrifell plate.

The swabs can be used on wet or dry sample surfaces and can quickly deliver a 1.0 ml sample onto a NEOGEN Petrifell plate. Cost efficiency per sampling test is increased because less work is required in preparing, collecting, and plating the sample.

It is no longer necessary to prepare neutralizing dilutions or use pipettes to apply the sample to a plate or to test it. The swab is an easy and quick tool for collecting a sample. This sampling instrument is disinfected with gamma radiation to prevent contamination, ensuring the product is ready for use and has a long shelf life.

The NEOGEN Quick Swab is manufactured in the USA and is ISO 9001:2008 certified to guarantee quality. The sampling instrument is intended exclusively for laboratory use. The Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) method is the most widely accepted management protocol for food safety worldwide.

NEOGEN sampling products form an important part of this method for identifying potential foodborne risks and determining where these risks are located. The portability, stable enrichment media, and easy-to-handle cotton swabs and sponges are designed for testing for a wide range of potential risks and for delivering exceptionally accurate results. They are made for the safe collection, storage, and securing of contents from the sampling site to the laboratory, without leakage and without affecting the sample.

Letheen Broth is primarily used for neutralizing the bactericidal activity of quaternary ammonium mixtures, and for determining the phenol coefficient of cationic surfactants according to the recommendations in the Official Analytical Methods of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC). Letheen Broth is also used in hygienic sampling procedures where neutralizing quaternary ammonium mixtures are required.