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Food Safety Inspection Is the Front Line of Public Health
Check your reservations; tonight might be a night to dine at home. A few minutes of googling can save you a long, dark night (try searching “restaurant inspection reports” and […]
Food Truck Food Safety: On the Road to Redemption
Can you trust the nosh you buy from food trucks? Once known as “roach coaches,” the twenty-first century marks a new era for food trucks. But have they shed their bad reputation […]
GM Food Safety Testing Safeguards Against Allergies
It\’s not science fiction: Genetically modified (GM) food has been on the market for twenty-two years. Nonetheless, debates about safety for human consumption are far from settled. The World Health […]
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of US Food Safety
Germs are everywhere. Keeping the dangerous ones out of our stomachs is the explicit job of manufacturer food safety testing programs. With the abundance of technology available for testing and […]
Who Can Americans Trust with Food Safety?
Salmonella, E. coli, and listeria are invisible invaders, making supermarkets a scary place. Behind a facade of bright packaging and colorful produce lurks the possibility of bacterial infections that can […]
Opt in for Safety with a Research-grade Tabletop Autoclave
We like to assume that if we haven’t heard about a food safety problem, that’s because no problem exists. Unfortunately, in the absence of rigorous testing, we simply have no […]
The Culture of Safety Starts With Good Training
We applaud the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) and the White House for taking initiative to close gaps in biosafety and biosecurity at infectious disease laboratories. A memorandum released October […]
Avoiding Wet Packs and Ensuring Drier Loads
A “wet pack” is any load that comes out of the autoclave problematically damp. The term originates in medical settings, where it usually referred to wrapped instruments that had visible […]
Autoclave Installation: Everything You Need to Know
Every autoclave has slightly different installation requirements and preferences. Making the right decisions now will help ensure a long service life, easy maintenance, and minimal building wear and tear. Arguably, […]
Priorclave’s Hydrostatic Test Procedure for Pressure Vessels
A good pressure vessel is absolutely integral to autoclave operation. If the pressure vessel doesn’t reliably perform as expected, the best case scenario is that the autoclave has a shortened […]
Do You Want a Power Door Autoclave?
Broadly speaking, you have two options for your autoclave door: a “power door” or a “manual door.” Power doors open at the push of a button, sliding either horizontally or […]
Priorclave Lab Solutions Featured in BioMatters Journal
Every day, modern healthcare facilities worldwide produce a staggering amount of medical waste. Most experts estimate that 10 to 25 pounds of medical waste are generated per occupied bed, per […]