disinfection

disinfect | American Dictionary

disinfect
verb[ T ]
us/ˌdɪs·ɪnˈfekt/
to clean by using chemicals to kill bacteria that cause disease

Examples of disinfect

disinfect
No matter what type of process has been selected, all recent plants have opted to disinfect their effluent prior to discharge.
Accommodation rooms were cleaned and disinfected one section at a time, and new guests were accommodated in the cleaned sections.
Pens in the treated area were visited before control pens at each site each day and boots were disinfected after leaving each pen.
The film studio's fixed cooling towers were routinely disinfected according to a schedule, and biocide concentrations were monitored and logged.
Incision sites were shaved and disinfected with povidone-iodine solution.
Their clothing and baggage were simultaneously disinfected (initially by sulphur fumigation; from 1900 by high-pressure steam).
The current most common ways of disinfecting them include superheat and hyperchlorination.
As there was no log-sheet kept for pool maintenance, it remained unclear if the whirlpool was emptied and the water disinfected daily.
Since some of these devices were drained and disinfected at the time of the investigation, the results from sampling may have been unreliable.
The use of gloves in medical settings began in the early part of the twentieth century, mainly to protect medical personnel from harsh disinfecting solutions.
The sprouter voluntarily halted alfalfa sprout production, disinfected the plant, and then resumed production with a new seed lot after re-inspection.
Each isolation room was cleaned and disinfected prior to each experiment.
The back of the animals was shaved and disinfected, and a longitudinal incision from mid to low thoracic vertebrae was made.
Until 1901, no dosage recommendations had been supplied with instructions for disinfecting the vineyards.
This high diversity suggests a large degree of flexibility in the ability of these communities to respond successfully to cleaning and disinfecting procedures.
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