Ez-Cfu™ One Step: For Growth Promotion Testing
Ez-Cfu™ One Step: For Growth Promotion Testing
EZ-CFU™
ONE STEP
*Catalog numbers 0318Z and 0320Z are an exception to the eight hour stability and must be
used within 30 minutes of hydration.
EZ-CFU™ One Step kits include:
• 20 lyophilized pellets of a single quantitiative microorganism
• 10 vials of hydrating fluid (2 mL in each vial)
• Peel-Off Certificate of Assay
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With a sterile forceps, transfer two (2)
pellets into the 2 mL vial of hydrating fluid.
(do not remove the desiccant from vial).
TWO PELLETS MUST BE USED TO OBTAIN
Remove the hydrating fluid vial and THE CHALLENGE CONCENTRATION OF
vial of lyophilized strain preparation While the pellets are <100 CFU PER 0.1mL. IMMEDIATELY
from refrigerated storage. Allow equilibrating, prewarm stopper and recap the pellet vial and return
unopened vial of lyophilized pellets the hydrating fluid to 35˚C the remaining lyophilized material to
to equilibrate to room temperature. (At least 30 minutes). refrigerated storage 2˚- 8˚C.
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EZ-CFU™
ONE STEP
IMMEDIATELY
following
incubation,
vortex the
hydrated
material to
IMMEDIATELY recap the vial with the achieve a
hydrated material and place into a homogeneous
34˚C-38˚C incubator for thirty (30) suspension.
minutes to assure complete hydration.
7 Proceed with the challenge procedure according to laboratory protocol. Discard any remaining
hydrated material in accordance with the laboratory protocol for disposal of biohazard materials.
IMPORTANT: The mean assay value provided with the enumerated microorganism preparations is an average of the values obtained during the enumeration
phase of the quality control process. The quality control specification requires all values to fall within the target log range stated for a specific product. For
more information, please see mean assay value listed in the Product Overiew section at the beginning of this catalog.
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