The Whirl-Pak® Speci-Sponge® bag is designed for environmental surface sampling of work areas, equipment, animal carcasses, and any other place where testing for Listeria, Salmonella, E. Coli, coliforms, and other foodborne pathogens, or anthrax is required.

The special dry sponge is free of bactericides and has been tested to be non-inhibitory. It measures approximately 1½” x 3” x 5/8” (3.8 x 7.6 x 1.5cm) thick when wet, and is sterilized inside a Whirl-Pak® bag. Wearing a sterile glove when wiping with the sponge is recommended to help prevent contamination. After the sample has been collected and the sponge returned to the bag, it can be sent to a lab for testing. In the lab, media may be added directly to the bag, and the sample incubated inside the bag for a +/- test, or the sample may be squeezed out of the sponge, pipetted, and plated out.

• 55oz bag is designed to be used in a homogenizer blender for thorough mixing of the sample and media for USDA-ARS standard procedure to identify foodborne pathogens
• Available with a sterile, ambidextrous, large size polyethylene glove attached in a bottom compartment
• D/E neutralizing broth, a general purpose diluent, is available to moisten the sponge and neutralize surface sanitizers if present
• Hydrated Speci-Sponge® bags are ready to use with either 10ml of neutralizing buffer or letheen broth that will neutralize surface sanitizers if present