Blogiversary
Today marks the day of two years of blogging. Let’s take a beat for a minute. Step back and think about that. We have provided you with 104 posts full of scientific, technical, and sometimes, [...]
Today marks the day of two years of blogging. Let’s take a beat for a minute. Step back and think about that. We have provided you with 104 posts full of scientific, technical, and sometimes, [...]
A while back, we shared some information about LaMotte’s new BioPaddle Microbe Hunter Activity kits. At the time, they had two kits available, one that focused on Milk and one that focused on Surfaces. We [...]
We always love getting good technical questions from our customers that let us know how we can improve our products and further help our customers in understanding our products. We received this urgent request from [...]
When looking at our dipslides, people often ask us which one they should get. “What agar should I use?” “What does each agar grow?” “What is best for my application?” Like many of our answers [...]
Meet Scott Steffen, chemist and quality assurance director. As you’ve probably gathered by now, every team member at Precision does so much more than just one job. We are all well-versed in several aspects of [...]
Are you curious about where the most germs reside in your house? This is a fun experiment to teach kids about germs, and where they might be more heavily populated in your home. If your [...]
Today’s question comes from David: “I am wondering what validation protocols you would recommend for your test strip products. Is it necessary to perform positive and negative controls every time a strip is used or [...]
Meet Dr. Eva Hrbotická, our brilliant and insanely talented chemist. Eva has been developing test strips for Precision since 1995. Her research and development lab is located in Brno, in the Czech Republic. Eva is [...]
“I am testing for bitterness tasting, and I need to know what the difference is between Thiourea and Phenylthiourea (PTC) paper strips. Can you help?” -Artur Great question Artur. We get this question a lot, [...]
Around here, we love dogs, and many of us have at least one furry, four-legged friend at home, if not more. We all know our dogs are probably covered in bacteria, just like we are. [...]