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December 20, 2024Posted: December 20, 2024Read MoreTwo hundred years ago, give or take the odd decade, Pseudomonas aeruginosa was an environmental bacterium,¹ apparently not one, as far as medical records in the pre-microbiology days can be discerned, associated as a human pathogen.²
Today, P. aeruginosa is associated with a high number of multidrug-resistant infections,³...
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December 09, 2024Posted: December 09, 2024Read MoreCleanrooms and the protection of product carry two risks from contamination: particle deposition and particle dispersion. Airborne particle contamination in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors is a major topic of concern due to the risk of introducing particles, as impurities into products, and due to the potential to transfer microorganisms. Air quality assessments are partly based on the amount...
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November 26, 2024Posted: November 26, 2024Read MoreThe cold and flu season is upon us.
Flu season tends to peak in the winter months, between December and February, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you have not stocked up yet on necessary testing supplies for your laboratory, we are listing a few key...
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November 20, 2024Posted: November 20, 2024Read MoreIt's been one year since the revised United States Pharmacopeia Chapter <797> was implemented. Over the course of the year, we have received feedback that many teams have faced challenges with the increase in environmental monitoring requirements and frustration over how this has affected their facility. Many pharmacies contract with third-party vendors to conduct their air sampling and other...
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October 28, 2024Posted: October 28, 2024Read MoreThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year, approximately one in six Americans get sick from foodborne illnesses, resulting in 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths.(1) One of the most serious pathogens associated with these illnesses is Listeria monocytogenes.
This environmental pathogen can contaminate a variety of foods, survive and multiply...
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October 14, 2024Posted: October 14, 2024Read MoreRecent studies have shown that many tattoo inks contain dangerous chemicals and potentially infectious bacteria. Despite their cultural popularity and potential hazards, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not regulate the tattoo industry. The FDA considers tattoos and permanent makeup as cosmetics, so they do not regulate inks used for the purpose of injection into skin; they do not...
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October 11, 2024Posted: October 11, 2024Read MoreIn December of 2022, President Biden signed the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA) into law, ushering in new regulations that significantly expanded the authority of the FDA over personal care companies. There have been years-long efforts to increase the FDA's oversight of the personal care and cosmetic industry, stemming from growing concerns regarding product safety. In 2018, there...
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October 08, 2024Posted: October 08, 2024Read MoreCarbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) refers to a group of bacteria within the Enterobacterales order that have developed resistance to carbapenem antibiotics. Carbapenems are a class of broad-spectrum antibiotics used as a last-resort treatment for serious infections caused by multi-drug-resistant bacteria.
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October 07, 2024Posted: October 07, 2024Read MoreDengue cases in the Americas surged threefold in the first three months of this year compared to the same period last year, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay are the most severely affected countries. PAHO officials warn that this outbreak has the potential to be the worst the Americas have faced to date.1
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September 16, 2024Posted: September 16, 2024Read MoreWhen performing Growth Promotion on new batches of media, one of three plating techniques can be used: Spread Plate, Pour Plate, or Membrane Filtration. Each method aids in enumeration of the cells in the inoculum, but each is different in technique. Below we offer our Top 5 Best Practices for each plating method to help you ensure proper growth promotion of your agar media...
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September 12, 2024Posted: September 12, 2024Comments: 1Read MoreGlobally, millions of individuals are affected by UTIs each year, of which, a portion of these cases may be caused by consuming ExPEC from food reservoirs. Additional studies are necessary to clarify the relationship between UTI risk and the presence of ExPECs in food reservoirs. It is important for researchers to identify the level of risk ExPECs pose to human health...
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September 09, 2024Posted: September 09, 2024Read MoreThe birthrate in the United States has hit a new record low, according to an analysis of 2023 birth certificate data published this past spring by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Last year’s slowdown marks an end to the uptick in new babies that began during...
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September 03, 2024Posted: September 03, 2024Read MoreOn Wednesday, August 14, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the most recent mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, outbreak in Africa is a global health emergency. “This is something that should concern us all ... The potential for further spread within Africa and beyond is very worrying,” said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
To aid in the testing procedures...
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August 26, 2024Posted: August 26, 2024Read MoreHardy Diagnostics is proud to have sponsored a recent Food Safety Magazine webinar, “How Rapid Development of Technology Has Revolutionized Food Safety.” In this event, technology and policy experts Karen Beers, Eric Brown, and Frank Yiannas shared their perspective that an increasing number of recently recorded outbreaks is an indicator of the success of our modern food safety systems - and not of...
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August 21, 2024Posted: August 21, 2024Read MoreA 503B compounding facility, also known as an outsourcing facility, is a type of pharmaceutical compounding business that operates under section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act. The concept of a 503B pharmacy was introduced with the passage of the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) in 2013. These facilities can manufacture bulk pharmaceuticals and are the only pharmacies...
