4th Recent Advances in Microbial Control (RAMC)

Lessons from the frontlines - Control of healthcare associated infections
Darrel Hicks, Darrel Hicks, LLC, St. Charles, MO

Monitoring environmental cleaning in healthcare settings
Preetha Biswas, Pathogen Detection Research and Development, Neogen Corporation, Lansing, MI and Robert Donofrio, Microbiology Research and Development, Neogen Corporation, Lansing, MI

Measuring bi-directional bacterial transfer efficiencies and the impact on model parameterization
Christine Greene, Applied Research Center, NSF International, Ann Arbor, MI

Break Garden Terrace 4th Fl

High-throughput, automated approach to phage therapy
Anika Kinkhabwala, EpiBiome, Inc, South San Francisco, CA

Rapid and sensitive diagnosis of infectious diseases using Alere™ i NEAR technology
Jillian Tyrrell and Rich Roth, Ionian Technologies/ Alere, San Diego, CA

Copper surfaces continuously foster patient safety by controlling microbial burden within clinical environments
Michael Schmidt¹, Hubert Attaway¹, Sarah Fairey¹, Michael Raslowsky², Brian Moran² and Peter Sharpe³, (1)Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, (2)Chicago Prostate Cancer Center, Westmont, IL, (3)Sharpe and Associates, Westfield, NJ

Microbiological Contamination Control in the Cleanroom Environment
Aaron Mertens, Technical Service, STERIS Corporation, St. Louis, MO