FPC® Fecal Parasite Concentrator, Classic

Simple, safe, sanitary, and efficient! Caplugs® Evergreen FPC® Fecal Parasite Concentrators are one of the cleanest means of isolating helminth eggs and larvae, protozoan cysts, coccidian oocysts, and microsporidian spores. Our concentrators have standardized the processing of these fecal samples, minimizing personnel exposure of the system’s user and eliminating the potential for varying results. The easy-to-use system provides clean sediment for microscopic examination of either fresh or preserved specimens and requires minimal processing time to obtain excellent results. No funnel. No gauze. No mess. Minimal odor.

FPC® Classic Version uses two 15 mL polypropylene tubes with an interconnected, precision molded strainer. The 0.6 mm × 0.6 mm holes allow the parasites to pass through the strainer, but the system retains the excess fecal debris. FPC® is a modification of the formalin-ether (F-E) method of Ritchie and was developed at the National Institutes of Health.

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• FDA Registered Medical Device
• Includes:
  • Freestanding Bottom 15 mL transport vials
  • Conical Bottom 15 mL centrifuge tubes with strainer units
  • Screw caps for 15 mL tubes
  • 15 mL of 20% Triton X-100
  • Racks for 15 mL centrifuge tubes
  • 5” spoons
  • Applicator swabs
  • Biohazard bags
  • Instructions for use
• Fresh fecal specimens or specimens preserved in 5% or 10% formalin, merthiolate iodine formalin (MIF), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) or sodium acetate-acetic acid-formalin (SAF) can be used in this system