Monthly Archives: 2016
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October 25, 2016Posted: October 24, 2016Read MoreThe average soccer ball is about 1.6 million times bigger than a grain of sand. A grain of sand is about a million times
bigger than a single bacterial cell, and a single bacterial cell can be 40 to 100 times bigger than a norovirus particle.
It is astonishing that norovirus, something so small in comparison to the human body, can wreak such havoc.
According to the CDC, the most common cause of foodborne...
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August 31, 2016Posted: August 30, 2016Read MoreJay Hardy, President, and Kimball Lombardi, Director of ManufacturingInc. Magazine has once again included Hardy Diagnostics in their list of 5,000 fastest growing private companies in the United States. Hardy Diagnostics is ranked 205th in the Health Industry.
Inc.’s website states, “The 2016 Inc. 5000 are the superheroes of the U.S. economy. America’s fastest-growing private companies wield...
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June 15, 2016Posted: June 14, 2016Read MoreGiven the prevalence of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in the United States, several companies are making efforts to develop technologies to reduce the occurrence of HAIs. In a multistate point-prevalence survey of health care-associated infections in published in 2014, it was estimated that there were about 648,000 patients with 721,800 health care-associated infections in U.S. acute care...
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February 05, 2016Posted: February 04, 2016Read MoreWe know there are all kinds of ways bacteria make us safer. They help digest our food, they create vitamins, decompose waste, and out-compete pathogens from invading our system.
Could bacteria also help catch criminals invading our house?
A study by the Fort Lauderdale police department suggests they may. Recently, studies have been popping up left and right that suggest each individual has his own...
