Abstract: A test method and test device for hygiene monitoring of a test sample from a biological material or a surface with a biological material to detect the presence of phosphate and glucose as a measure of hygiene by employing a swab-type, puncturable-membrane test apparatus or a lateral-flow or capillary-flow test apparatus.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 1, 2001
Date of Patent:
June 12, 2007
Assignee:
Charm Sciences, Inc.
Inventors:
Steven J. Saul, Cheryl B. Francisco, Robert J. Markovsky, Robert S. Salter, Stanley E. Charm