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Below is a list of our past Newsletters. Click on one of the links to view a specific Newsletter.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
May, 2012
  • Rapid Test Methods
  • Oxidase Tests
  • Do Doctor Fish Spread Disease?
  • MicroTips
  • Phraseology: "The Bikini"
  • Hardy Customer Survey
  • Quotes from Herbert Hoover
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
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
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
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
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
November, 2011
  • HardyCHROM™ Formulas
  • On-line Ordering
  • Rhodococcus equi
  • Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI)
  • Why Walking is so good for you
  • Quotes from William Penn
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
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
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
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
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
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
May, 2011 - Supplemental
  • HardyCHROM™ MRSA released
  • Bed Bugs infected with MRSA
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
September, 2009 - Supplemental
  • 2009 H1N1 (Swine Flu) Update
August, 2009
  • Cat Scratch Disease – Bartonella henselae
  • MBL Product Selection Guide
  • Derm-Duet™ for Dermatophyte Detection
  • SoluPhyte™ KOH Prep solution
  • Charles Dickens Quotes
July, 2009
  • New Iodine Regulations
  • CryoSavers™ – for organism preservation
  • Rapid Spot Test Guide
  • Gram Stain Advanced
  • Quotes from Socrates
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
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
April, 2009
  • Trichrome Staining Tips from Lynne Garcia
  • Influenza Products from Hardy
  • Influenza Update
  • Alcohol Gel Sanitizers
  • Sanford Guide to Antimicrobials
  • Mark Twain Quotes
April, 2009 Supplemental
  • Swine Flu Products
  • Links to CDC Information
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
February, 2009
  • Killer Antimicrobial Peptides and Vitamin D
  • QC Slides
  • HUrBi – Making Urine Cultures Easy
  • AlbiQuick – 5 Minute C. albicans Identification
  • Teddy Roosevelt Quotes
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
December, 2008
  • Christmas Truce of 1914
  • UriStar™ for UTI Susceptibility
  • HardyCHROM™ UTI
  • BlueMount™ for fungal staining
  • MBL Control Microorganisms
  • George Patton Quotes
November, 2008
  • Rain-making bacteria - Pseudomonas syringae
  • MSDS - accessing online
  • HardyDisks™ and Susceptibility Testing
  • Woody Allen Quotes
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
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
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
July, 2008
  • Energy saving tips
  • CryoSavers™ freezer vials
  • HardyCHROM™ E. coli and Coliform
  • StrepPRO™ latex identification kit
  • Yogi Berra Quotes
June, 2008
  • Ignaz Semmelweis
  • Hand washing
  • GBS Detect™ Agar Plate
  • Colitag™ for Coliform and E. coli in water
  • Helen Keller Quotes
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
April, 2008
  • Malaria by Lynne Garcia
  • Nitrocef™ for rapid beta-lactamase testing
  • Denka Seiken antisera
  • Mud cures MRSA?
  • Francis Bacon Quotes
March, 2008
  • Gram Stain Advanced™
  • Gram Stain History and Method
  • Flocked Swabs
  • Hans Christian Gram
  • Killer Lemons
  • Arthur Ashe Quotes
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
January, 2008
  • Agar and Fanny Hesse
  • CarboFerm™ and Neisseria Identification
  • Disinfectants and Citriguard
  • Rapid Test Kits Catalog
December, 2007
  • Koneman's Essay on Pre-and Post-Analytical Testing
  • EnteroScreen 4™ for stool pathogen screening
November, 2007
  • MRSA Latex Kit
  • MBL Stock Organisms
  • Rapid MGP for Enterococci
  • Tight or Loose Caps During Incubation?
October, 2007
  • Carrot Broth
  • Comfort PRO™ Lab Coats
  • CRITERION™ Powdered Media
September, 2007
  • Loop Caddy™
  • HardyDisk™ AST for Kirby-Bauer Susceptibility
  • HardyCHROM™ UTI
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