BBL™ Vacutainer™ Anaerobic Specimen Collection Swab, 1 Case of 100 Diabetes Monitoring Tablets are crushed into a MSHQ 1594XL Tablets are crushed into a fine powder that can easily be dissolved in liquids or can be stirred into soft foods pH balanced and buffered saline solution The Vacutainer™ Anaerobic Specimen Collector with swab provides a method to protect anaerobic bacteria from exposure to toxic amounts of oxygen during the time from specimen collection to inoculation of suitable mediaThe system may also be used for liquid specimens collected with a needle and syringe The Vacutainer Anaerobic Specimen Collector is particularly suited for instances where volumes are small or dilution of specimens by a transport medium is to be avoided