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1.- Take tongue out of the container avoiding contact with medium surface. Make sure they do not present any signs of contamination or dehydration.
2.- Hold the tip of the tongue until it bends and exert pressure on each side over the surface of analysis for a few seconds. Avoid spreading the medium on surface.
3.- Place tongue back in the container and close tightly.
4.- Label the sample.
5.- Incubate. Incubation time and temperature depend on the medium used.

1.- Take tongue out of the container avoiding contact with medium surface. Make sure they do not present any signs of contamination or dehydration.
2.- Dip the tongue in the fluid to be analyzed in such a way that the medium remains fully covered. If the liquid amount were not sufficient, pour the liquid over both surfaces. Get rid of excess liquid.
3.- Place tongue back in the container and close tightly.
4.- Label the sample.
5.- Incubate. Incubation time and temperature depend on the medium used.

PRONACULTURES: System to detect microbial contamination in liquids and/or on surfaces

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GENERAL INFORMATION
Flexible pronacultures are an easy and efficient alternative to the traditional methods used (cotton swabs etc.) for microbial contamination studies in liquids and/or surfaces.
The flexible pronacultures include:
1.- A transparent container to preserve the sterility of the culture medium.
2.- A flexible, two-sided tongue which enables full contact between the culture medium surface and the analysis area. You can either use the same or a different culture medium on each side, which is divided in 1cm quadrants to facilitate the direct microbial density count. The total contact surface measures 8cm²/side.
3.- Self-sticking labels to number samples.
For an easy interpretation of the number of colonies, use the following table:

Total Nº of Colonies	Result	Interpretation
0	Negative	Absence of Growth
1 - 10	Weak positive	Scarce Contamination
11 - 20	Positive	Low Contamination
21 - 100	Strong Positive	High Contamination
> 100	Very Strong Positive	Very high contamination

Expiration date: 90 days after manufacture date.
Presentation: Box of 20 units.
Preservation and Storage: CONDA's flexible pronacultures are products designed for “in vitro diagnostics” and should be kept refrigerated between + 8ºC and + 15ºC (do not freeze). Before use, remove from refrigerator and allow to stand for 15 minutes to reach room temperature. Once opened, do not touch the Prona-Rodac plates with bare hands.

Method of Use
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