Meconium - Newborn Childs First Fecal Matter

Product Name	Meconium
Source	Single Human Donor
Catalogue Number	991-16
Form	Solid
Donor Race	Reported
Donor Gender	Reported
Donor Date of Birth	Reported
Collection Date	Reported
Appearance	Viscous, black to dark green solid
Preservatives	None
Collection Protocol	Meconium is collected in the child's diaper and then frozen.
Storage	-20°C
Recertification	Due to differing stabilities of various biomarkers in this complex biological material it is not possible to assign a single expiration date that is relevant to all biomarkers. The end user should monitor the biomarkers of interest to verify suitability over time.
Infectious Disease Testing	Not tested for infectious diseases. This material should be handled at the Biosafety Level 2 (BSL 2) as recommended for any potentially infectious human serum or blood specimen in the CDC/NIH manual "Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories", 2009.
Application	Research, Forensics, Life Science
Synonyms	Feces, excrement, child's first fecal matter