Examples of disinfection

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In addition, disinfection had been undertaken before our arrival on the ship.
The most likely cause of the outbreak was inadequate cleaning and disinfection of hard surfaces, carpets and soft furnishings contaminated by vomit.
We also recommended an increase in the frequency of washing and disinfection of toilets, washes, and doorknobs to several times a day.
In an interim period, installation of a disinfection system to the already existing water supply was accepted for smaller events.
Outbreaks in camps should generally be reported to the management of the establishments so that disinfection of the rooms can be organized.
The safety of groundwater systems should be improved by chlorination or disinfection of water with ultraviolet light devices.
Exposure to infectious diseases will depend on the layout of pens and competition rings, disinfection procedures and whether the sheep are penned indoors or outdoors.
Legionella was detected in most biofilms with densities of up to 10%, independent of the disinfection technique used.
Early efforts to combat these problems included the use of sedimentation tanks, disinfection by silver ionization and cleaning of the distribution network.
Prolonged cleaning and disinfection may lead to deterioration of the surface material.
The importance of frequent cleaning and disinfection to prevent biofilm formation is supported by laboratory studies.
In our study, faeces from transport containers were contaminated in 14 flocks, which indicates insufficient cleaning and disinfection of the containers.
A similar disinfection procedure was conducted before taking the samples out of the system.
Although some obscurity remained concerning the objects which could transmit cholera, meticulous regulations were agreed concerning disinfection and inspection at land borders and rivers.
A largely irrelevant mass disinfection of the streets took on as great a retrospective signi®cance as more medically-oriented preventive measures.
In addition, corrosion products on iron pipes were found to interfere with free chlorine disinfection.
The 1893 convention which was ratified by eleven powers in 1897, an unprecedented success, stressed disinfection.
Multiple focal or systemic disinfection modalities can be applied to water distribution systems to prevent colonization by legionella.
Many of these cases have been due to failure of the disinfection system [6, 8-10].
Disinfection, isolation and treatment of cases were immediately performed by health office staff.
The authors investigated the feasibility and efficacy of chemical disinfection of the microbial contamination on visitors' boots.
Following disinfection, the growth of bacteria was virtually eliminated.
The cleaning agent should not damage the inflatable nor react with other disinfection agents used in the swimming pool.
Disinfection by boiling all linen, especially pillowcases, handkerchiefs and sheets, as well as plenty of good food and open fresh air, was also recommended.
Swabs from internal parts of the cabinets and air ducts were taken for bacteriological analysis after the cleaning and disinfection procedures and before the animals were housed.
Antisepsis, disinfection, and sterilization in hospitals and related institutions.
Pitting corrosion appeared to interfere with disinfection more than general corrosion, and a low corrosion rate interfered only with free chlorine disinfection whereas high corrosion rates also affected monochloramine disinfection.
The cleaning regime generally involves a manual cleaning stage using a brush, to remove all organic matter and other debris, followed by disinfection and finally rinsing with clean water.
Exact requirements vary from prefecture to prefecture, but generally any detection of legionellae must be reported to a public health centre, which will require disinfection and retesting or closure.
At the turn of the nineteenth century, rapid sand filtration and water disinfection became widely used and helped to reduce the organic and bacterial load in drinking water.
Although frequently distasteful to private physicians, compulsory reporting of deaths resulting from specific communicable diseases became a key component of urban public health programmes of disinfection during the nineteenth century.
The terms of the quarantine required the depopulation of all birds and destruction of all unhatched eggs on the farm, followed by thorough cleaning and disinfection.
A note on the variation of the rate of disinfection with change in the concentration of the disinfectant.
Because the presence of suspended particles in the effluent can lead to inefficient disinfection, they recommend the use of multiple pass systems preceded by a filter.
In the case of mastitis in dairy herds, vaccination is only one option, and treatment, culling, teat disinfection and possibly inoculation with benign strains are other options to consider.
Disinfection of hands : removal of transient organisms.
Resistance of cysts to disinfection agents.
The disease can be eradicated in fish farms by disinfection, and my fisheries scientists are available to give advice on satisfactory methods.
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