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2023 Creepy Cultures Winners

2023 Creepy Cultures Winners

Thank you for another amazing year of Creepy Cultures submissions! We were aghast by all your spooky submissions with everything from Gengar and Count Chocula, to Wednesday Addams and the Flying Dutchman. Voting was harder than ever, but the results are in....

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QC Compliance and Environmental Isolates

QC Compliance and Environmental Isolates

Why are many laboratories incorporating Environmental (a.k.a. In-House) Isolates in their Quality Control testing? There has been a shift in the industry regarding the inclusion of environmental isolates as test strains utilized for microbiological assays. Omission of...

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Creepy Cultures 2023

Creepy Cultures 2023

The autumnal equinox occurs each September in the northern hemisphere, signifying the end of Summer and beginning of Fall. There are many things we get excited for in the Fall like seeing the leaves change colors, wearing our cozy sweaters, enjoying comfort food,...

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Group B Strep Awareness Month

Group B Strep Awareness Month

The CDC and other health organizations recognize July as International Group B Streptococcus (Group B Strep, GBS) month. In many ways, Group B Strep seems somewhat harmless, remaining asymptomatic for most healthy adults who carry the bacteria. Yet the same factors...

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A New Multidrug-Resistant Fungus Emerges

A New Multidrug-Resistant Fungus Emerges

We take it for granted that in the age of antibiotics there will always be a drug available to treat an infection.  But reports of outbreaks of a pan-resistant fungal disease known as Candida auris– that is resistant to every antifungal medication physicians have to...

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Why Third-Party Clinical QC is Critical

Why Third-Party Clinical QC is Critical

This blog post is the second in our Optimal QC in the Clinical Laboratory series. In a previous blog post, we highlighted the importance of external quality control products for QC in the clinical laboratory, rather than relying solely on internal controls built into...

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