Viral Transport Media (VTM) are suitable for collection, transport, maintenance, and long-term freeze storage of clinical specimens containing viruses, chlamydia, mycoplasma, or ureaplasma organisms. It maintains organism viability for 48 hours at room or refrigerated temperature.

2022年1月3日 · A viral transport media (VTM) is a nutrient substance used to carry and maintain the viability of specimens (viruses) to a laboratory for the identification and further processing of the sample. Transport media for viruses are especially important as they are more labile than other infectious agents.

UTM® Universal Transport Medium™ is the leading transport medium for the collection, transport, preservation, and long-term freeze storage of clinical specimens containing viruses, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, and Ureaplasma. Copan Universal Transport Medium (UTM-RT®) System is intended for the collection and transport of clinical specimens containing:

Viral transport media with beads is preferable for collection of specimens requiring VTM. Culturettes containing ampoules of viral transport medium are preferred for rectal swabs and stool swabs. Specimens for influenza, mumps, measles (rubeola), or VZV testing should be collected as soon as possible (within 3 days) of symptom onset.

Viral transport medium (VTM) is a solution used to preserve virus specimens after collection so that they can be transported and analysed in a laboratory at a later time. Unless stored in an ultra low temperature freezer or in liquid nitrogen, virus samples, and especially RNA virus samples, are prone to degradation.

2024年2月5日 · Viral Transport Media (VTM) is essential for protecting the viability of viral samples throughout transportation, ensuring the stability of genetic material, and aiding virus isolation. This comprehensive overview looks into the significance of VTM, its composition, and the critical considerations for its use in a variety of laboratory settings.

VTM/VTM-N Collection and Transport kit is a ready-to-use system used for the collection and transport of viruses obtained from clinical specimens. The kit is available with VTM and VTM-N media. VTM medium consists of modified Hank’s-HEPES buffer solution supplemented with bovine serum albumin, gelatin, glucose, antibiotic and etc.

2021年9月10日 · Viral Transport Media, or VTM, is a liquid solution used to collect, transport, and maintain clinical specimens suspected to contain viruses, chlamydia, ureaplasma, or mycoplasma organisms. It comes in single use tubes, bulk containers, or even specimen collection kits.

We describe the preparation and validation testing of VTM for rapidly expanding diagnostic testing, where the capacity of the VTM to preserve viral integrity, for culture, isolation and full sequence analysis, was maintained. VTM was prepared using different methods of sterilization then ‘spiked’ with virus.

Viral Transport Media (VTM) for samples consists of transport medium tubes and containers designed to securely carry and preserve biological specimens, crucially utilized in the transportation of samples.