SHIPPING AND STORAGE:

This product is shipped frozen on dry ice. Store at -70°C upon receipt. Avoid multiple freeze-thaw cycles as product degradation may result.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Before use, rapidly thaw frozen vial in water bath set at 37°C and then store on ice. Use pre-cooled medium/buffer for virus dilution and store on ice before inoculating into cell culture. For future use, aliquot into small amounts and freeze rapidly in a dry ice/alcohol bath and store at -70°C. Do NOT store virus stock at 2-8°C.

SAFE HANDLING RECOMMENDATIONS:

This preparation of RSV is a BIOHAZARDOUS material containing ACTIVE VIRUS and should be handled in accordance with biosafety guidelines defined in the BMBL, NIH-CDC HHS Publication No. (CDC) 21-1112.