May 31, 2020, 3:20 PM
How do you freeze something for a long period of time without it being damaged by ice crystals? You must use an ultra-low freezer fort a constant temperature below minus thirty degrees Celsius to do this. Freezing items in this manner is called vitrification.
May 27, 2020, 3:59 AM
When food is prepared that will not be served immediately — for example, when you partially prep, or "par cook" dishes early to save time when they're ordered — it's important to get the food out of the temperature danger zone as fast as possible.
May 8, 2020, 4:05 PM
Patient safety is of the utmost importance in hospitals, and each and every hospital worker has their part in ensuring patient safety. Here are some things to consider when making sure your patients are happy, healthy and safe.
May 2, 2020, 7:01 PM
A lesser known factor that hospitals must ensure to maintain is air and temperature. It’s important that medical facilities maintain a proper level of air quality and temperature control, not just for patients but for staff as well. Maintaining proper temperature will control airborne disease from spreading. This is why temperature control and ventilation management are crucial for patient and staff health and safety.
Apr 25, 2020, 2:43 PM
In order to keep food from becoming contaminated it is essential to practice proper food safety temperature and monitoring. This must be done at all times to keep food safe and out of “the danger zone”. For most types of food this temperature is between 41° F and 140° F. This danger zone is applicable to hot and cold foods.
Apr 18, 2020, 4:09 PM
Proper instrument calibration can be looked at as the foundation of all laboratory patient testing. Proper calibration is the first step to producing reliable results and assuring good instrument performance. For this reason laboratories should always ensure proper calibration. It establishes a reference point that helps assist instruments to produce accurate testing results. All instruments of measurement, no matter what they measure, require periodic calibration. Even non-laboratory items, such as scales for food preparation, require periodic calibration.
Apr 14, 2020, 4:09 AM
Bacteria and viruses are everywhere, and we live with them every day. Many of them are harmless, and some of them can even be beneficial. Despite this, we've picked the top six examples that you would definitely not want in your kitchen, and why.
Apr 6, 2020, 5:28 PM
What you need to know about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Here is a fact sheet about coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) from the CDC.
Mar 20, 2020, 2:41 PM
E-Control Systems, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is a privately held corporation headquartered in Sherman Oaks, California. With Over 5,000 Installs throughout the country, E-Control Systems is the industry leader in wireless temperature monitoring solutions.
Mar 2, 2020, 10:06 PM
On January 30th, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19, or the Novel Coronavirus, a Public Health Emergency of Internationally. Stopping the spread of any virus is extremely important, and no virus has been more in the news than Coronavirus. At the time this post was written, there have been 90,306 reported cases and 3,087 deaths from the virus.
