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Technical Service Consultants have been selling and manufacturing products for use in the microbiology laboratory for over 25 years. More recently we have been servicing the requirements of the food and pharmaceutical industries for microbial environmental sampling and testing.

Enviroscreen is the complete microbiology monitor for hygiene, sterility and quality, which also includes a range of complementary elements designed to support the microbiological QC and QA procedures of plant, process, product and personnel.

Key Benefits

	Enviroscreen sponges have been shown to give a superior recovery of Listeria spp.
	Simple to use.
	Gamma Irradiated.

Environmental Sampling Sponges

Enviroscreen sponges can be used for surface sampling and semi quantitive analysis. Blue Enviroscreen sponges are dosed with neutralising buffer or Butterfields diluent, in a medical grade bag, containing either a resealable mini grip bag or 100ml blue plastic container.

Surfaces Can Be Sampled By:

Pressing the sponge down onto the surface - then onto a suitable agar plate which will give a CFU count/50cm².

Sampling a set area - the sampling template TS15-T is ideal for this purpose covering a 100cm²area. The sponge can then be treated in a stomacher or manually squeezed so that plate counts can be performed.

Sampling an area and incubating the sponge in a suitable enrichment broth - listeria broth, buffered peptone water etc. to isolate specific organisms.

Code	Description	Unit
TS15-A	50cm² Blue Sponge dosed with Neutralising Buffer in a Medical Grade Bag with a 100ml Blue Plastic Container	45
TS15-B	50cm² Blue Sponge dosed with Neutralising Buffer in a Medical Grade Bag with a Resealable Bag	150
TS15-L	50cm² Blue Sponge dosed with Butterfields Diluent in a Medical Grade Bag with a 100ml Blue Plastic Container	45
TS15-N	50cm² Blue Sponge dosed with Neutralising Buffer in a Heat Sealed Stomacher Bag Without Glove	100
TS15-T	10 x 10cm²Sterile Plastic Template, Individually Wrapped	50
TS15-U	Envirostik^TMBlue Sponge dosed with Neutralising Buffer in a Medical Grade Bag with a Resealable Bag	100

Dry Swabs

We offer a range of dry swabs in tubes or pouches designed for environmental sampling. All tubes are round bottomed and all products are Gamma Irradiated to ensure a SAL of at least 10^-6.

Each product is lot numbered and a Certificate of Irradiation is available on request.

Code	Description	Unit
TS6-H	Cotton Tip, Wood Shaft, Single in Tube	500
TS7-H	Alginate Tip, Wood Shaft, Single in Tube	100
TS8-J	4" Jumbo Cotton, Single in Peel Pouch	100
TS15-C	12" Blue Plastic Shaft, Jumbo Foam Tip, Single in Tube	100
TS17-H	Pure Viscose Tip, Polypropylene Shaft, Single in Tube	500
TS19-H	Blue Shaft, Breakpoint at 45mm, Single in Tube	500
TS19-T	Blue Shaft, Breakpoint at 45mm, Single in Peel Pouch	1000
TS19-M	Low ATP Swab, Pure Dacron Tip, Single in Tube	500
SP28	Wooden Spatula, Single in Peel Pouch	1000

Drag Swabs

In response to the growing demand for more effective ways to test for Salmonella and other micro-organisms in poultry breeding houses and other environments, Technical Service Consultants have developed a simple to use drag swab.

Drag swabs have been shown to be the most effective method of sampling and monitoring Salmonella contamination in poultry breeding houses and to be a highly effective tool for the broad scale detection of Salmonella contamination at farm level.

The pack consists of a medical grade bag containing an 8 x 2.5cm sponge attached to a 30cm nylon cord. the packs are sterilised using gamma irradiation. Plastic bulldog clips to attach swab to clothing are available separately.

Code	Description	Unit
TS15-G	Drag Swabs Individually Packed	50
TS15-H	Drag Swabs Individually Packed	500
TS15-K	Plastic Bulldog Clips	10

Maximal Recovery Diluent

A transport swab system available as a semi-solid medium or liquid using a pure viscose tip swab.

MRD provides the protective effect of peptone with the osmotic support of physiological saline whilst low peptone concentration does not cause multiplication of organisms for up to 2 hours.

Code	Description	Unit
TS5-30	Semi Solid MRD Transport System with a Pure Viscose Tip Swab in Peel Pouch	100
TS5-31	Liquid MRD Transport System with a Pure Viscose Tip Swab in Peel Pouch	100

Swab Sampling Kits

Surface sampling kits are provided as a single peel pack containing a sealed tube with neutralising buffer and a capped swab. The surface to be sampled can be tested using the swab dry or pre moistened from the buffer in the tube.

The sampling template can be used to provide an accurately defined 100cm²sampling area, allowing for the assessment of colony forming units per cm². Two types are provided;-

Pure Dacron is a totally synthetic fibre. the tip is heat treated to ensure adherance to the shaft whilst in the buffer.

Alginate fibre will dissolve in the buffer alowing release of the organism collected onto the swab during sampling.

Code	Description	Unit
TS5-40	5ml Neutralising Buffer with Blue Breakpoint, Pure Viscose Tip Swab in Peel Pouch	100
TS5-42	10ml Neutralising Buffer with a Pure Dacron Tip Swab in Peel Pouch	100
TS5-43	10ml Neutralising Buffer with an Alginate Tip Swab in Peel Pouch	100
TS15-T	10 x 10cm² Sterile Plastic Template	50

Water Sampling Containers

500ml rectangular plastic bottles fitted with tamper proof cap and supplied with or without sodium thiosulphate. Sterilised by gamma irradiation to ensure a SAL of at least 10^-6.

Each bottle is coded with a lot number.

Code	Description	Unit
TS15-D	500ml Sterile Water Sampling Container dosed with 50mg Sodium Thiosulphate	100
TS15-F	500ml Sterile Water Sampling Container without Sodium Thiosulphate	100

Discounts are available on bulk purchase or standing order.

Shipments overseas are supplied on an ex-works basis or CIF

For an official quotation, please contact our sales office.

sales@tsc-ltd.demon.co.uk

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