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July 14-17, 2019 ASHE (the American Society for Health Care Engineering) hosts an annual conference for health care facility managers, engineering professionals, and others with critical roles in optimizing the physical environment of health care facilities. This year, you can find U.S. Micro Solutions at Booth 2026. It is our first year attending this premier event for health care facility […]

Viable bioaerosol sampling is based upon the principle of sieve impaction in which air is aspirated through the perforated head of a volumetric air sampler. The air stream, which contains viable particles, is directed onto the surface of an agar plate. After sample collection, the agar plate is incubated and the resultant colonies are counted and expressed as colony forming […]

If you have ever submitted a bioaerosol, surface, bulk, or swab sample for fungal culture you have probably seen this terminology in a report and may have wondered why there was no further identification. As a fungus grows on agar media, it typically produces hyphae and spores and these structures are used for identification (Fig. 1). Lab analysts observe the […]

Integration, Diversity, and Fun Through Sports U.S. Micro-Solutions, Inc. is pleased to support Friends to Friends, a Pittsburgh-area non-profit organization focused on increasing awareness and respect between children with and without special needs.  Children and their families interact through sporting events such as bowling, fishing, and baseball.  The organization was founded in 1995 by a local father, George O’Donnell, whose […]