• Heater-coolers: Mycobacterial introduction, behavior and disinfection

      Date: March 11th, 2021

      Time: 10:30 am PST

      Speaker: Prof. Joseph O. Falkinham, III, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech

      Objectives:

      – Discuss the routes of contamination of heater-cooler units
      – Discuss the desiccation-tolerance, biocide-resistance, and biofilm formation of mycobacteria in heater-coolers
      – Evaluate the challenges to decontaminating heater-coolers

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