Rapid Screening Test To Tell If You Have Cryptosporidium Problem In Just 3 Hours

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Cryptosporidium Attorney

 

We've seen some cities move very quickly when they confirm that their splash, swimming or wave pools are contaminated by Cryptosporidium. Now comes a quicker test to detect the bug, one that moves the typical time for results up to a mere three hours, from today's fifteen hours.

Wendy Laursen, writing for TCE Today, the website of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, says:

"The new rapid screening tool uses fluorescent in situ hybridisation technology. The reliability of the new technology was tested against one of the standard methods applied in the water industry in collaboration with the Cryptosporidium Reference Laboratory in the UK. A strong correlation (0.994) between the two methods confirmed that the species identification method was as reliable as currently-used methods."

For more on the rapid screen tool, go here.


 

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