Bags, Sampling, Gono-Pak System, Whirl Pak®

• Economical
• Airtight seal
• Positive CO₂ atmosphere
• Uses standard size Petri dish
• Large, easy-to-read surface
• Patient easily identified
• Minimum storage and incubator space
• Economical and safe mailing

Developed by the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta and the Alabama State Department of Public Health as a result of their search for an improved isolation system.

The Gono-Pak method consists of using smeared Thayer-Martin media in a standard 100mm Petri dish enclosed in a specially made Whirl-Pak® bag with a CO₂ pill. The CO₂ pill liberates the needed CO₂ atmosphere for the proper growth of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae. This specially made bag may be used in two different ways. Where CO₂ incubators are not available in the system, the smeared Petri dish is placed in the bag with a CO₂ pill and then incubated. The CO₂ remains in the bag sufficiently long to provide the maximum growth of the organisms if present.

Where CO₂ incubators are available, Gono bags are ideal for the collector to use to transport smeared plates to the laboratory, or to send the plates by mail or UPS.

Incubator Rack
A double grid rack designed especially for Gono Bags. Six compartments, holds six bags per compartment. Rack measures 13-¾ x 9-¼ x 4-½”; compartments, 4-½ x 4-½”.