International Heart Valve Bank Survey: A Review of Processing Practices and Activity Outcomes

Table 5

Types of incubation media used for decontamination of allografts.

Incubation media	Number of HVBs	% of HVBs
Medium 199 (TC-199/M199)	11	46%
Roswell Park Memorial Institute Media 1640 (RPMI-1640)	5	21%
0.9% sodium chloride (normal saline)	3	12.5%
Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium (DMEM)	2	8%
Hanks Balanced Salt Solution (HBSS)	2	8%
Ringers lactate	1	4.5%