A new study shows that the methodology used to detect the COVID-19 virus in nasal swabs at public health clinics can be used to detect the virus on surfaces in indoor settings such as schools. Surface ...

This article presents a study of an aseptic environmental monitoring system for surface contamination at critical areas using a robot. Robotic sampling can be applied to the surface sampling of ...

An automated droplet-based surface sampling probe can help a surgeon to determine whether a patient's tissue is cancerous - while that patient is still on the operating table. Researchers from the ...

The author reviews test methods for microbiological cleaning processes and suggests ways to improve microbial bioburden method suitability studies. Surface microbial bioburden monitoring methods are ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A research team from the National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories has discovered that common anthrax sampling methods need improvement. The research ...

Washington, D.C. – June 15, 2022 – Surface sampling for SARS-CoV-2 RNA has shown promise to detect the exposure of environments to infected individuals shedding the virus who would not otherwise be ...