During the COVID-19 pandemic, Delaware Public Health Lab, along with many other state labs, began surveilling community wastewater using the Concentrating Pipette to track the outbreak, The method proved to be an excellent means for tracking the rise and fall of the disease in communities in near real time. The method is now being used for tracking a variety of pathogens.
Delaware Public Health Lab was one of the first labs to validate a method for Candida Auris, an emerging global threat pathogen with antimicrobial resistance, using the InnovaPrep method. The poster titled, Wastewater Surveillance for Candida Auris Utilizing Digital PCR was presented at the 2023 Association of Public Health Labs meeting. The Concentrating Pipette is acknowledged by dozens of health labs worldwide for its ease, speed, and efficiency for tracking many pathogenic threats in wastewater.
