Free Chlorine VS Total Chlorine
We often get asked by customers or end users if our chlorine test strips measure free chlorine. There is sometimes confusion between the terms free chlorine and total chlorine and what they mean. This is [...]
We often get asked by customers or end users if our chlorine test strips measure free chlorine. There is sometimes confusion between the terms free chlorine and total chlorine and what they mean. This is [...]
We sell a lot of sanitizer test strips (chlorine, QAC, peroxide) into the foodservice industry, and we frequently get calls from folks who have a health inspector at their facility with questions they can’t answer, [...]
Our Potassium Iodide Starch test paper detects available iodine, chlorine and peroxides in solution. Lower levels react with the strip at 5 – 10 ppm. Iodine requires approximately 60 seconds to react, and initial reactions [...]
If you’ve never done this before, it can initially be confusing trying to determine how to dilute chlorine bleach to get 50ppm (parts per million) or whatever disinfection level is needed in your particular situation. [...]
Diagnostics Direct has been providing quality medical and institutional supplies at competitive prices for over 14 years. They supply a variety of products including personal protection, medical supplies, janitorial supplies, disinfectants, and of course, test [...]
All test strips have limitations, and we believe that if our customers know what those limitations are, they are better able to perform reliable tests with accurate results. We’ve touched upon the limitations of pH [...]
Commercial sanitizers and test strips are a requirement of health departments across the country. Why? Because test strips tell you if the chemical sanitizing solution is the required concentration. Remember our article on Sanitizing vs [...]
Exercise isn’t the only thing you can get at the gym. You may also pick up some unseen, unwanted and potentially dangerous germs. Fitness centers often supply rags and sanitizing solutions throughout their facility, encouraging [...]
Food safety and sanitation aren’t limited to the kitchen. Bars should also have procedures in place for a sanitary environment. Quite frankly, we want to know the restaurants and bars we attend are clean and [...]
We are often asked if we can make test strips or color charts in smaller, closer increments, and we always want to say “YES!”, but we sometimes have limitations. To understand color chart limitations, we [...]