by Microbiologics | Sep 24, 2024 | Clinical
The Drawbacks of Using Frozen Cultures in Clinical Diagnostics Maintaining bacterial stocks via frozen methods is a common way to preserve viable cultures. Frozen stocks may appear to be cost effective and user friendly, but freezing and thawing can create several...
by Microbiologics | Apr 3, 2024 | Clinical, Uncategorized
As a manufacturer of quality controls used in clinical diagnostics, we see firsthand the difficulties that laboratory directors face in maintaining the unwavering accuracy patients deserve. One of the most prominent obstacles involves the pipeline of new professionals...
by Angie Otto | Nov 15, 2023 | Clinical, Molecular
In the past two decades, there have been six major global outbreaks of infectious diseases. While these infections may be treated, treatment can get more difficult when a secondary infection may take advantage of an already weakened immune system (Manohar, et al,...
by Andrea Marra | Jul 26, 2023 | Clinical, CRO, Molecular, Pharmaceutical
At any given time, one in five people in the US has a sexually transmitted infection (STI), translating to more than 60 million infections per year.1 These infections cost billions in healthcare expenses each year. Even more alarming, over 40% of all new STIs in this...
by Microbiologics | Jun 26, 2023 | Clinical, Molecular
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...
by Lindsey Drake | Apr 3, 2023 | Clinical, Molecular
This blog post is the third in our Optimal QC in the Clinical Laboratory series. Previously, in this series we highlighted the importance of external and third-party quality control products in the clinical laboratory, emphasizing that quality control, by design,...
