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April, 2013
- Hand Sanitizer - AloeSafe™
- Hardy's Gram Stain Advanced™
- Rare Food = Rare Bug
- Food Poisoning on the Rise
- Tom Swifties
- CRE Facts
- National ASM in Denver
- Survey on Political Campaign Contributions
- Quotes from Elvis Presley
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March, 2013
- Obesity and Intestinal Microbiota
- Overuse of Antibiotics for Respiratory Infections
- TOTAL-FIX® Universal Fecal Transports
- TB MODS Kit™ for TB Detection and Susceptibility
- Tom Swifties
- Hardy Goes Green
- Sheep Blood Contamination
- Survey on Social Media
- Quotes from Frank Lloyd Wright
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February, 2013
- Fungal Meningitis – What Went Wrong?
- How to Identify Candida glabrata
- New Product – Parasite Suspensions
- HardyDisks AST™ – Now with Last Disk Recognition
- Leprosy bacterium creates stem cells
- Bacteriophage – Making a Comeback?
- Ceftaroline (Teflaro) – New Disk Available
- Phraseology - Golf
- Survey: Should the post office have discontinued Saturday delivery?
- Quotes from Abraham Lincoln
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January, 2013
- Case History #9 – A Puzzling Worm
- Contaminated Grocery Bags
- Increasing Resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Influenza Virus Spreads Six Feet
- Mini-catalogs Available
- MBL Stock Organisms
- Phraseology - "Well Heeled"
- Micro-tips – ColiScreen for Rapid E. coli Testing
- Quotes from Frederick Douglass
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December, 2012
- Arcanobacterium Case History - by Tortora
- C. difficile Sniffing Dogs
- Vitamin D Reduces Respiratory Illness
- Stool Cultures Using a Biplate
- Phraseology - "Turn Over a New Leaf"
- Survey on New Medical Device Tax
- Quotes from Bill Cosby
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November, 2012
- Fish Diseases - How can we improve our fisheries?
- Pork Contaminated with Yersinia enterocolitica
- Cipro Use and Ruptured Tendons
- Streptococcus anginosis Identification
- StrepQuick™ for ID of Gram Positive Cocci
- AnaeroGRO™ Study
- Phraseology - "Fly Off the Handle"
- Survey: Should stores be open on Thanksgiving Day?
- Quotes from Charles Lindbergh
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October, 2012
- Probiotics and Elie Metchnikoff
- Fungal Meningitis and Aseptic Fill Validation
- Neti Pots and Naegleria Infections
- StrepPRO™ for Strep Grouping
- Carrot Broth™ – Recent Study Showing 100% Accuracy
- Staphylococcus lugdunensis Identification
- Phraseology - "The Third Degree"
- Survey on Hurricanes and Global Warming
- Quotes from Emily Dickinson
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September, 2012
- Case History - Stubborn Finger Infection
- Violin Wood Treated with Fungi
- MicroTips - Corynebacterium jeikeium
- Growing Gold in the Lab
- Aspergillus Meningitis due to Contaminated Injections
- Phraseology - "Teddy Bear"
- Survey on Flu Shots for Healthcare Workers
- Quotes from Milton Friedman
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August, 2012
- Arcanobacterium - Another Cause of Sore Throat
- Polio - Almost Eradicated
- MicroTips - BlueMount™ for Fungal Slides
- PDX-SIB for Easy Salmonella Screening
- Ear Aches and Xylitol
- Phraseology - "Skid Row"
- Survey on your Favorite Food
- Quotes from Booker T. Washington
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July, 2012
- Making Better Parasitology Slides, by Lynne Garcia
- Outbreak of Whooping Cough: Regan-Lowe Agar
- Swimming Pools Contaminated with Giardia and Cryptosporidium
- Phraseology - "Get Your Goat"
- Survey - Alternatives to Capitalism?
- Quotes from Meryl Streep
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June, 2012
- Garlic Suppresses Biofilms
- Preventing Post-Biopsy Prostate Infections
- Hardy Testimonials
- The Hardy Nationwide Network
- Rapid Test Kits
- Phraseology: "Sleep Tight"
- Survey on Music Preferences
- Quotes from Robert F. Kennedy
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May, 2012
- Rapid Test Methods
- Oxidase Tests
- Do Doctor Fish Spread Disease?
- MicroTips
- Phraseology: "The Bikini"
- Hardy Customer Survey
- Quotes from Herbert Hoover
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April, 2012
- Cronobacter sakazakii and Infant Formula
- CryoSavers™ for Long Term Organism Storage
- Alere™ PBP2a Rapid Test for MRSA
- New Tax on Medical Devices
- Phraseology: "Son of a Gun"
- Hardy Customer Survey
- Quotes from Mikhail Gorbachev
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March, 2012
- Shiga toxin and E. coli O157 facts
- MicroTips Clostridium stock cultures
- New PYR Test Card
- AnaeroGRO™ Pre-reduced Media
- HardyCHROM™ Carbapenemase
- Phraseology: "Stumped"
- Survey: Should we fund high-speed rail?
- Quotes from Oscar Wilde
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February, 2012
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Lyme Disease
- Leaded Lipstick FDA Releases Test Results
- Microtips Motility Media
- CRITERION™ Dehydrated Culture Media
- MycoVue™ Ready-to-use Slide Cultures
- Phraseology "Hunky-Dory"
- Survey on Soccer Goals
- Quotes from Bill Cosby
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January, 2012
- Blood Transfusions and Babesia
- New PYR Test Card
- MicroTips Rapid MGP
- Phraseology: "Caesar Salad"
- Hardy Goes Green
- Survy: Eliminate the Electoral College?
- Quotes from Margaret Thatcher
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December, 2011
- ESBL's How to Identify
- Loose or Tight Caps?
- Strep Throat and Mental Disorders
- Phraseology: "Booby Prize"
- Survey on Climate Change
- Quotes from Stephen Hawking
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November, 2011
- HardyCHROM™ Formulas
- On-line Ordering
- Rhodococcus equi
- Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI)
- Why Walking is so good for you
- Quotes from William Penn
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October, 2011
- SystemSURE Plus™ ATP
- Molecular Biology Research - CulGenex™
- The Best Way to Preserve Fungal Cultures
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Anaerobic Bio-remediation
- Quotes from James Madison
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September, 2011
- Fleming and the Discovery of Penicillin
- Health Benefits of Chocolate
- Death Rate Due to Prescription Drugs
- Control Organism Catalog
- HardyCHROM™ Carbapenemase
- Microgen® ID Panels for Gram-negatives
- Quotes from Paul McCartney
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August, 2011
- Case History on Corynebacterium
- HardyCHROM™ SS for enteric pathogens
- Legionella outbreak in Las Vegas
- What is one trillion?
- Survey on human cloning
- Microtips on Campylobacter maintenance
- Quotes from Ludwig van Beethoven
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July, 2011
- Emerging resistance in gonorrhea
- Home use of antibacterial – time to re-think
- Culgenex™ for molecular biology researchers
- AnaeroGRO™ for those who culture anaerobes
- Case History #2 with Dr. DiPersio
- Kitasato - discoverer of antitoxins
- Quotes from Warren Buffet
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June, 2011
- Mucormycosis outbreak as a result of the tornado in Joplin
- Hazen and Brown – Women microbiologists discover the anti-fungal, Nystatin
- CVM Transport – with flocked swabs
- Hardy survey results
- Survey on standard of living
- Quotes from Mozart
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May, 2011
- HardyCHROM™ Products - detect by color!
- On-line ordering - 24/7
- Legionella found in hospital faucets
- Case History #1 - Gram-positive cocci
- Alexandre Yersin - Micro Hall of Fame
- Who works the most?
- Quotes from Sun Tzu
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May, 2011 - Supplemental
- HardyCHROM™ MRSA released
- Bed Bugs infected with MRSA
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April, 2011
- ESBL Bacteria from Chicken
- HardyCHROM VRE™
- Parasitology FAQ's, by Lynne Garcia
- Filtered Thioglycollate
- What's New in Media?
- Robert Bunsen and his Burner
- Effects of Soda on your Body
- Quotes from Bono
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March, 2011
- Onset of symptoms for GI illness
- Potassium Iodide tablets - radiation
- Joseph Lister biography
- Custom media
- Take the Hardy survey
- Quotes from Lucille Ball
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February, 2011
- Transplantation Infections – Balamuthia
- Hospitals required to report infections (HAI)
- Tough Bugs to ID
- HardyCHROM SS™ – for stool screening
- Fanny Hesse – discoverer of agar
- Quotes from Vince Lombardi
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January, 2011
- Rapid Urea/PDA for stool screens
- StrepPRO™ latex test for Strep grouping
- New TB Vaccine
- AnaeroGRO™– Pre-reduced media for anaerobes
- Pigs – Flu factories of concern
- Paul Ehrlich – Microbiology hall of fame
- Survey on health-care reform
- Quotes from Jonas Salk
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December, 2010
- TB sniffing lab rats earn their keep
- AnaeroGRO™– Hardy’s pre-reduced media for anaerobes
- PetriPorter™– device for transport and storage of plates
- SporeAmpules® – biological indicators for autoclaves
- Comparison of longevity by country during 200 years
- Quotes from Michael Jordon
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November, 2010
- HardyCHROM™ Candida – superior results documented
- MBL Control Organisms – for every application
- Gram Stain Advanced for brighter colors
- Chicken Nuggets – this is nutrition?
- Quotes from Bill Gates
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October, 2010
- Burholderia pseudomallei and the "great mimicker" diease
- Loop Caddy™ for organized streaking
- CDC recommends Carrot Broth™
- CulGenex™ molecular grade reagents
- Cholera in Haiti
- Quotes from Amelia Earhart
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September, 2010
- Aerococcus – alpha hemolytic mystery bug
- Dangerous ingredients in hand sanitizers - AloeSafe™
- CulGenex™ – culture media and reagents for the molecular biologist
- Mycology catalog
- EnteroScreen 4™– easy detection of Salmonella-Shigella
- Quotes from Plato
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August, 2010
- Eggs and the Control of Salmonella, by Jay Hardy
- Petri Plate pouring video
- Legionella kit selection chart
- Parasitology catalog
- E. coliPRO O157™ kit
- MEDICA and other trade shows
- St. Augustine Quotes
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July, 2010
- Genetically modified mosquitoes for the control of malaria
- Fossilized beer from ancient amber
- ComfortPRO™ lab coats
- Rapid latex agglutination kits
- Purchasing iodine
- Nelson Mandela Quotes
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June, 2010
- Hygiene Hypothesis – playing in the dirt is healthy!
- Acinetobacter – new selective media
- HardyCHROM™ Carbapenemase - new!
- GlabrataQuick™– new rapid ID for C. glabrata
- StrepPRO™– rapid latex kit for strep typing
- What's New in Media?
- Anne Frank Quotes
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May, 2010
- Clostridium difficile and probiotics - a possible natural cure?
- HardyCHROM™ ESBL – new screening medium
- Dead bacteria in sterile fluid broths - new filtered thios
- New CRITERION™ catalog of dehydrated culture media
- Health care costs vs Life expectancy – not getting our money's worth
- New Rapid Test catalog
- C. S. Lewis Quotes
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April, 2010
- Cryptococcus gattii - the Oregon outbreak
- CryoSavers™– for long term freezer storage
- Erada-Stain – gentle stain remover
- HardyCHROM™ Candida – new study
- Carrot Broth™– tried and true
- Rapid Indole – for fastidious bacteria
- William Shakespeare Quotes
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March, 2010
- Streptococcus anginosus Group (S. milleri)
- The pathogenisis of tooth decay
- Chromogenic media for UTI - HUrBi™
- MicroBioLogics stock organisms
- Rapid Anginosus test kit
- Colitag™ - 16 hours incubation for E. coli and coliforms
- Quotes from Jack Welch
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February, 2010
- How to Preserve Fungal Cultures
- Fecal Contamination of Salad Greens
- EZ-Accu Shot™ for Growth Promotion Studies
- Hardy as Your Back-up Vendor
- Veterinary Microbiology Catalog
- W.C. Fields Quotes
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January, 2010
- VRE - A Dangerous Gene Donor
- Telavancin - a New Antibiotic for Staph
- New Vaccines in the Pipeline
- Rapid Urea Medium for Helicobacter
- DTM for Dermatophytes
- The Bright Wolf Moon
- Ernest Hemingway Quotes
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December, 2009
- Acanthamoeba - Danger in the Water
- CLSI Rapid Test Methods
- Is Our Chicken Safe?
- MBL Control Organisms
- H1N1 Flu virus and S. pneumoniae - The Connection
- Iodine - How to Register for a Controlled Substance
- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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November, 2009
- Leeuwenhoek - The Father of Microbiology
- The N95 Mask - better fit...better protection
- Parasitology Transports and filter/funnels
- Inoculating Loops - Have it your way
- Schreckenberger Seminar
- The First Thanksgiving - A First Hand Account
- Hardy Makes the Inc. 5000
- Walt Disney Quotes
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October, 2009
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome – Vaccination Déjà Vu?
- Denka Antisera
- PYR Test for Strep and Enterococcus
- StaphTEX™ - for Easy Read-out
- Envirobead™ - for Autoclave Odor Control
- Thomas Edison Quotes
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September, 2009
- Acinetobacter baumannii - the Battlefield Bacterium
- MRSA Latex - A 15 minute test
- Petri-Seal™ - to prevent drying
- Stachybotrys Selective Agar - Sick Building Syndrome
- Anaerobe Systems Media - PRAS
- Rapid MGP - for Enterococcus ID
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes
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September, 2009 - Supplemental
- 2009 H1N1 (Swine Flu) Update
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August, 2009
- Cat Scratch Disease – Bartonella henselae
- MBL Product Selection Guide
- Derm-Duet™ for Dermatophyte Detection
- SoluPhyte™ KOH Prep solution
- Charles Dickens Quotes
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July, 2009
- New Iodine Regulations
- CryoSavers™ – for organism preservation
- Rapid Spot Test Guide
- Gram Stain Advanced
- Quotes from Socrates
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June, 2009
- Carl Linnaeus; The Father of Modern Taxonomy
- Microgen® Listeria Kit
- Exact-Temp Digital Thermometers
- CRITERION™ - Two liter mylar envelopes
- Viral Transports for Influenza
- Will Rogers Quotes
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May, 2009
- Candida dubliniensis – a troublesome organism
- How well do you know taxes?
- Swine Flu Update – Influenza H1N1
- Antimicrobial disks
- TB and Mycology Supplies
- Martin Luther King Quotes
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April, 2009
- Trichrome Staining Tips from Lynne Garcia
- Influenza Products from Hardy
- Influenza Update
- Alcohol Gel Sanitizers
- Sanford Guide to Antimicrobials
- Mark Twain Quotes
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April, 2009 Supplemental
- Swine Flu Products
- Links to CDC Information
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March, 2009
- Helicobacter pylori and Barry Marshall, MD
- Urea/PDA Rapid Test
- HardyCHROM™; MRSA and Contact Plate
- Koneman's Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostics Microbiology
- Louis Pasteur Quotes
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February, 2009
- Killer Antimicrobial Peptides and Vitamin D
- QC Slides
- HUrBi – Making Urine Cultures Easy
- AlbiQuick – 5 Minute C. albicans Identification
- Teddy Roosevelt Quotes
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January, 2009
- Malaria and Mosquitoes - The deadliest animal
- HardyCHROM MRSA Contact Plate - Now released
- Glass vs Plastic - Which is better for our planet?
- Staphylococcus lugdunensis - Slug Bug - Can you identify this?
- Mother Teresa Quotes
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December, 2008
- Christmas Truce of 1914
- UriStar™ for UTI Susceptibility
- HardyCHROM™ UTI
- BlueMount™ for fungal staining
- MBL Control Microorganisms
- George Patton Quotes
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November, 2008
- Rain-making bacteria - Pseudomonas syringae
- MSDS - accessing online
- HardyDisks™ and Susceptibility Testing
- Woody Allen Quotes
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October, 2008
- Gliocladium roseum ... a future producer of diesel fuel?
- API proficiency testing program - only the best
- Online Certificates of Analysis - a new Hardy feature
- E. coli O157 Latex Test Kit - for rapid ID
- Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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September, 2008
- Toxoplasma gondii ... nice kitty?
- Candida glabrata - sometimes a problem
- GlabrataQuick™ - rapid test kit
- Dilu-lok - dilution vials, ready-to-use
- John Wooden Quotes
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August, 2008
- Flu Epidemic of 1918 and continuing immunity
- News Strategies in the "Post Antibiotic" Era
- StrepQuick™ for gram positive ID
- The Petri Porter™ for plate organization
- MycoSeal™ to prevent moisture loss
- Winston Churchill Quotes
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July, 2008
- Energy saving tips
- CryoSavers™ freezer vials
- HardyCHROM™ E. coli and Coliform
- StrepPRO™ latex identification kit
- Yogi Berra Quotes
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June, 2008
- Ignaz Semmelweis
- Hand washing
- GBS Detect™ Agar Plate
- Colitag™ for Coliform and E. coli in water
- Helen Keller Quotes
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May, 2008
- Robert Koch - The Father of Clinical Microbiology
- MycoVue™ ready-to-use slide cultures
- Plastic media tubes
- Vitamin D and cancer
- Thomas Aquinas Quotes
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April, 2008
- Malaria by Lynne Garcia
- Nitrocef™ for rapid beta-lactamase testing
- Denka Seiken antisera
- Mud cures MRSA?
- Francis Bacon Quotes
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March, 2008
- Gram Stain Advanced™
- Gram Stain History and Method
- Flocked Swabs
- Hans Christian Gram
- Killer Lemons
- Arthur Ashe Quotes
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February, 2008
- Resistance in Gram Negative Bacilli
- ESBL Detection
- Rapid Ornithine
- Staphylococcus Lugdunesis
- Julius Petri's Famous Invention
- ClickSeal™ Leak Proof Cups
- Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
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January, 2008
- Agar and Fanny Hesse
- CarboFerm™ and Neisseria Identification
- Disinfectants and Citriguard
- Rapid Test Kits Catalog
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December, 2007
- Koneman's Essay on Pre-and Post-Analytical Testing
- EnteroScreen 4™ for stool pathogen screening
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November, 2007
- MRSA Latex Kit
- MBL Stock Organisms
- Rapid MGP for Enterococci
- Tight or Loose Caps During Incubation?
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October, 2007
- Carrot Broth
- Comfort PRO™ Lab Coats
- CRITERION™ Powdered Media
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September, 2007
- Loop Caddy™
- HardyDisk™ AST for Kirby-Bauer Susceptibility
- HardyCHROM™ UTI
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