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Antimicrobial News
Preservatives For Personal Care and Cosmetics
July 2022 Personal care products like cleansers, serums, lotions and moisturizers are easily contaminated by microbes naturally present on skin and in tap water. Contamination [...]
Newly Discovered Giant Bacterium Visible With the Naked Eye
July 2022 Yes, you saw that right. The clip below, by Tomas Tyml, shows giant bacterial cells next to a U.S. dime. Although bacteria are [...]
Good Science Starts With Great Scientists
June 2022 Microchem performs Science for Good, and good science starts with great scientists. When conducting tests, our analysts must consider a range of functional [...]
Dr. Tanner’s Vision for Microchem
June 2022 I started Microchem, then called Antimicrobial Test Labs, in 2006 out of a desire to make a different kind of contract lab. [...]
Company Values for Good Science
June 2022 We believe great scientists are those built on the foundation of our four core values: Do Good Science by performing detail-oriented tests with integrity, Use Knowledge and [...]
Quality Assurance: The Backbone of GLP
May 2022 EPA or FDA-regulated products and processes require regulated testing to prove they are safe, reliable, and efficacious. The regulations that cover lab [...]
EPA Adds Monkeypox To Emerging Viral Pathogen Guidance
May 2022 A recent outbreak of monkeypox has spread to areas that were not previously affected by the disease. Since May 13th, 2022, The [...]
Antimicrobial Agents In Indwelling Devices
May 2022 In the United States, 1 in every 25 patients contracts a healthcare-associated infection (HAI), leading to almost 100,000 deaths per year. A [...]
Three Tips For Marketing Your Germicidal Products
April 2022 Consumers are more aware of harmful microorganisms in the indoor environment and the benefits of using products to prevent infection and illness. [...]
Remarkable Number of Infections Are Associated With Biofilms
April 2022 In many natural settings and in most chronic infections, bacteria live in adhesive, layered communities called biofilms. Biofilms are composed of dead cells and [...]