KINYOUN’S STAINING KIT

Product Code 621045

INTENDED USE

The Clin-Tech Kinyoun’s Staining Kit is used as a room temperature differential method to detect the difference between those organisms which decolorize with treatment of acid alcohol, and those that do not, such as the mycobacteria.

PRINCIPLE

The lipid content of the cell wall of Acid Fast Bacilli makes staining of the organisms difficult. In acid fast stains, the phenol allows the stain to penetrate. If an organism is to be termed Acid Fast, it must resist decolourization by acid-alcohol. A counterstain is then used to emphasise the stained organism.