ENVIRONMENTAL FOOD LIFE SCIENCES ABOUT News Request Testing COVID-19 Launchpad LOCATIONSCAREERS ENVIRONMENTAL FOOD LIFE SCIENCES ABOUT NEWS CONTACT USCOVID-19 Featured Article: More Schools Are Doing Systemic COVID Testing. Will It Work? Featured Article: More Schools Are Doing Systemic COVID Testing. Will It Work? Read the article synopsis below with quotes from Aaron Peacock, Microbac Laboratories’ Director of Molecular Biology: So far, this sort of school COVID-19 monitoring has usually been done by city partnerships like Oak Ridge’s or universities, which can target collection points in specific dorms. However, Aaron Peacock, the director of Molecular Biology for Microbac, said districts and individual schools can also track the virus through wastewater sampling at each campus or even targeted to restrooms serving particular grades. However, he warned that these testing systems cannot pinpoint individual cases and are better to be used to look for overall trends in connection with individual testing. “If the students are running around all day [using different restrooms], it may not provide [leaders] the information they need to pinpoint a specific group,” he said. “It’s good for trends in the population.” To continue reading this article, please view it in it’s entirety on EdWeek.org. Featured Article Leave a Reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Comment Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Post navigation PREVIOUS Microbac’S Wastewater Testing Helps Hampden-Sydney College Monitor For COVID-19, Safely Return To Campus NEXT Virologists At Microbac Laboratories Now Testing COVID-19 Delta Variant Against Household Disinfectants LOCATIONS CATALOG CAREERS MEDIA CONTACT Privacy|Terms & Conditions|Copyright ©2021 Microbac Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved.|Sample Acceptance Policy