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Monthly Archives: February 2020

  1. February 27, 2020

    Is that really pharmaceutical grade cannabis?

    Cannabis has many
    different modes of delivery and applications for use. The most common ways that
    cannabis is used in our society today are: a smokeable, an edible, an oil or
    infused product. According to most market researchers, flower products and
    concentrates are the top sellers, with edibles and cosmetics also representing
    a solid segment of the market.[1]...

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  2. February 21, 2020

    Can filters add or decrease the bacterial count?

    According to the USGS, the Earth's surface is comprised of about 71% water (1); however, only a modicum of this supply is potable. Fortunately, modern marvels of mankind are making this supply increasingly accessible through the desalination of salt water and filtration of contaminated water, to name a few. Unlike salt water, the consumption of contaminated drinking water is a major cause for outbreaks...

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  3. February 14, 2020

    Are Three Heads Better Than Two?

    The new generation of active viable microbial air samplers represent a new approach to maintaining environmental control. The TRIO and the RABS ISOLATOR instruments are made by Orum International and distributed by Hardy Diagnostics.

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  4. February 07, 2020

    Cause for Concern: Emerging Pan-resistant Candida auris

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    photo courtesy of UCSF Health

    Candida auris was first described in 2009 and was first reported in the United States in 2016.(1)  It is a member of a growing group of yeasts that can cause candidiasis, yeast infections that are normally of little consequence, and treatable through a number of anti-fungal...

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  5. February 05, 2020

    CDC Recommends Nasopharyngeal Swabs AND Oropharyngeal Swabs as Suitable for Upper Respiratory Tract Specimens for Investigations of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

    COPAN announces a kit that pairs 3mL of UTM® universal viral transport medium and two FLOQSwabs™: one minitip and one regular flocked swab.


    MURRIETA, Calif., Jan. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 30th...

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