Stabilization of specimens for microbial analysis
CA 1264275 C · Owner: Dorn, Gordon Lee · Inventors: Dorn, Gordon Lee
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The improvement of specimen quality for microbial analysis is addressed by the present invention which discloses a chemical composition for use in a method and apparatus for transporting a specimen suspected to contain microorganisms of interest to a laboratory for analysis and improved methods of analysis. An improved method and apparatus for detecting microbial pathogens in a sample body fluid is disclosed which comprises by mixing the sample body fluid with an antimicrobial factor deactivating agent and improver of microbial quantitative integrity within the sample body fluid after it has been collected and before the microbial pathogens are analyzed. An article useful in the …
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- Granted January 9, 1990. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 9, 2007.
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