Patent ID: 6140070
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for microbiological testing the fluid contents of a plurality of relatively small sample containers, which method comprises the following steps:(a) sealingly attaching an uncapped fluid-holding sample container to one end of a first passageway in a closure-adaptor means that is sealingly attached to the top of a collection bottle, the other end of the first passageway being in open communication with the inside of the collection bottle,(b) applying a vacuum through a second passageway in communication with the inside of the collection bottle to draw at least a portion of the fluid contents of the sample container out of the sample container and into the collection bottle, and(c) unattaching the empty or depleted sample container from the first passageway,(d) repeating steps (a) to (c) with a plurality of sample containers until a predetermined amount of sample fluid, either a gel or solution, is collected and pooled together in the collection bottle, and(e) microbiologically testing the pooled fluid.