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What Diseases Can Be Found in Dirty Water?

What Diseases Can Be Found in Dirty Water?

Clean, fresh water should be available to every human on earth, but unfortunately, not everyone is so lucky. In some parts of the world, people travel long distances to gather small quantities of water to survive.
How to Detect COVID-19 in Wastewater

How to Detect COVID-19 in Wastewater

Sampling wastewater for COVID-19 proved to be an effective early warning system. The information helped authorities decide on the course of action required to contain the spread.
5 Ways Foods Can Be Contaminated

5 Ways Foods Can Be Contaminated

An estimated 4.1 million Australians are struck down with food poisoning each year. Sadly, most of these cases could have been avoided. Find out how food becomes contaminated by germs, viruses, and bacteria and how to prevent it.  
 
Essential PPE in Labs - Shoe Covers

Essential PPE in Labs - Shoe Covers

Most laboratories are carefully controlled environments, with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as shoe covers helping to protect the user, the environment, and even those outside the lab from contamination. 
5 Ways to Improve Infection Control in Healthcare

5 Ways to Improve Infection Control in Healthcare

No one expects to enter a healthcare setting and acquire a serious infection. But in Australia every year, 180,000 patients suffer healthcare-associated infections that prolong their hospital stay and consume 2 million hospital bed days.  

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