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Our educational offerings are part of an ongoing commitment to our customers to help you grow professionally and personally through online training, live webinars, and industry news articles.
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Featured Courses
NEW! Get to Know: State Revolving Funds and the Water Finance Clearinghouse
In many places in America, water infrastructure such as pipes, pumps, and tanks are aging and in need of repair and modernization. Unfortunately, many water systems lack the funds and resources to make these needed repairs. However, help may be available from multiple government programs. This course reviews State Revolving Funds, which many water systems rely on for financial support. We will then explore resources offered by the Water Finance Clearinghouse.
NEW! Get to Know: Confidence Limits and Confidence Intervals
Have you ever heard of confidence limits or confidence intervals? If you would like to learn more about what these terms mean and why they are so important in microbiological water testing, this course is for you! This short course provides an overview of confidence limits and confidence intervals and their importance in the water testing industry.
NEW! Ask an Expert: Interferences
In this Ask an Expert, IDEXX Water experts discuss specific interferences, or reactions that impact your ability to read test results. Although these interferences are rare, find out what they are, why they occur, and what you should do when you see one. This Ask an Expert also includes videos and images to help illustrate interferences you may see.
With over one hundred courses and videos available, with more continuously being added, learning is just a click away. Use the link below to register or sign in.
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Upcoming live webinars
If you register and are unable to attend a webinar, you will receive a link to the recording after the webinar ends.
Lab Basics III: Mastering Your Skills
Tuesday, March 25
1:00-2:00 PM EST
In this interactive discussion, IDEXX experts will share their real-world experience and answer your questions about the basics of water testing. We’ll go over the most common questions we receive, along with questions from Part 1 and 2 of this series. Regardless of your level, this webinar will help you to master your water testing skills and take them to the next level. This is the third webinar in a three-part-series on laboratory techniques.
Join IDEXX experts Shawn Dubois and Valerie Neuhausser as they discuss their experiences, best practices, and lessons learned in the lab.
Register Now for Lab Basics III
Quality Control: A Refreshed Approach to Positive and Negative Culture Controls
Tuesday, April 15
1:00-2:00 PM EST
Establishing and maintaining robust quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) practices is essential for every environmental laboratory team. This webinar will explore how water testing laboratories may be able to achieve low-risk cost savings and efficiencies by updating their approach to one specific QA/QC practice: performing positive and negative culture controls.
Patsy Root, Senior Manager of Government Affairs, will discuss regulatory requirements for quality control, especially for positive and negative culture controls. Product Manager Emily Frawley will delve into the quality control process in more detail, offering best practices for using positive and negative culture controls. Jeff Bates, Senior Marketing Manager, will explore various methods for performing positive and negative culture controls. The webinar will also feature an interactive Q&A session during which the team will answer your questions.
Register Now for Quality Control
What Do Laboratory Auditors Look For?
Tuesday, May 13
1:00-2:00 PM EST
Join us for a webinar designed to help you navigate the complexities of the laboratory audit process and get your questions answered. This webinar features guest speaker Michelle Wade, an accreditation program trainer and assessor, who will share her expertise on audits and conformity assessments. This webinar will cover:
- Preparation Tips: How to effectively prepare for an audit.
- Audit Expectations: What to expect during an audit.
- Post-Audit Actions: How to follow up after an audit.
The webinar also includes an extensive Q&A session where Michelle will answer your audit-related questions.
Register Now for What do Auditors Look For?
IDEXX Currents
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Featured articles
ASHRAE Standard 514 introduces new requirements for managing building water risks
The Amercian Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning (ASHRAE) recently introduced an enhanced standard for water in human-occupied buildings that establishes minimum requirements for managing risks associated with physical, chemical, and microbial hazards.
Improve water quality by reducing wasted water
Over the past 50 years, the U.S. population has doubled—and water use has tripled, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). That's critical not only for water availability but also for water quality.
How water quality impacts climate change - and vice versa
While there are many studies that look at how climate change impacts water quality, there are few that ask how water quality affects climate change. Read on to see how a recent report published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did just that.