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Improving Cleaning Validation Utilizing Adenosine Triphosphate Technology [PDF]

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Thorough cleaning and disinfection of high-touch surface areas in hospital inpatient rooms remain vital parts of effective strategies in reducing hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). Currently, Methodist Specialty & Transplant Hospital (MHST)
Mehvish Siddiqui, Rosemary Garcia, Rosa Lozano   +2 more
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Utilizing an adenosine triphosphate bioluminescence assay as an indicator of instrument and environmental cleanliness in the radiology department: a pilot study [PDF]

Infection Prevention in Practice
Summary: Background: Controlling healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) remains one of the major challenges faced by healthcare systems worldwide.
Y.-C. Wang, W.-C. Chen, K.-P. Lin, W.-C. Tseng   +3 more
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Adenosine thiamine triphosphate and adenosine thiamine triphosphate hydrolase activity in animal tissues [PDF]

The Ukrainian Biochemical Journal, 2018
Adenosine thiamine triphosphate (AThTP), a vitamin B1 containing nucleotide with unknown biochemi­cal role, was found previously to be present in various biological objects including bacteria, yeast, some human, rat and mouse tissues, as well as plant ...
A. F. Makarchikov, T. V. Saroka, T. G. Kudyrka, I. K. Kolas, T. A. Luchko, I. M. Rusina, V. A. Gurinovich   +6 more
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Comparison between adenosine triphosphate bioluminescence and aerobic colony count to assess surface sanitation in the hospital environment

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health, 2022
Background: Adenosine triphosphate bioluminescence produced by the firefly luciferase has been successfully introduced to verify cleaning procedures in the food industry according to the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point program.
Daniele Domenico Raia, Lucia Cannova, Sandro Provenzano, Omar Enzo Santangelo, Dario Piazza, Enrico Alagna, Valentina Bonanno, Luigi Aprea, Alberto Firenze   +8 more
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Modulators of Ion Transport in Nasal Polyps: An Measurement of Short-Circuit Current [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2008
ObjectivesTo examine possible modulators of the ion transport through the apical membrane of the nasal polyps.MethodsThe study was conducted using the freshly-excised nasal polyps from the patients with chronic sinusitis.
Jun Ho Lee, Chae-Seo Rhee, Dae Woo Kim, Chul Hee Lee   +3 more
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Evaluation of different monitoring methods of surface cleanliness in operating rooms

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021
Objectives: to evaluate different monitoring methods for detecting the presence of organic or biological matter before and after the cleaning and disinfection processes of the operating room.
Elaine Aparecida da Silva Nascimento, Vanessa de Brito Poveda, Jussimara Monteiro   +2 more
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Lysing Agents for Characteristic Polluting Microorganisms in Jet Fuels [PDF]

International Journal Bioautomation, 2019
The adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence assay is a feasible way to quantify the characteristic polluting microorganisms of the jet fuels. The effect of this method hinges on the release of ATP through the effective lysis of microorganisms.
Yun Xiong, Xinfeng Sun, Peng Zhu, Mingming Niu, Peng Su   +4 more
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Cleaning and disinfection in neonatal intensive care units: correlation of evaluation methods [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objectives: to correlate surface cleaning and disinfection monitoring methods in two neonatal intensive care units and compare threshold values for adenosine triphosphate. Methods: a correlational study with 864 assessments was conducted using adenosine
Maria Heloisa Silva, Aires Garcia dos Santos Junior, André Luiz Silva Alvim, Daniel de Macedo Rocha, Verusca Soares de Souza, Alvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa   +5 more
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Alterations in Exercise-Induced Plasma Adenosine Triphosphate Concentration in Highly Trained Athletes in a One-Year Training Cycle

Metabolites, 2019
This study aimed to assess the effect of training loads on plasma adenosine triphosphate responsiveness in highly trained athletes in a 1 y cycle. Highly trained futsal players (11 men, age range 20−31 y), endurance athletes (11 men, age range 18 ...
Ewa Anna Zarębska, Krzysztof Kusy, Ewa Maria Słomińska, Łukasz Kruszyna, Jacek Zieliński   +4 more
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Age-associated metabolic and morphologic changes in mitochondria of individual mouse and hamster oocytes. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: In human oocytes, as in other mammalian ova, there is a significant variation in the pregnancy potential, with approximately 20% of oocyte-sperm meetings resulting in pregnancies.
Fatma Simsek-Duran, Fang Li, Wentia Ford, R James Swanson, Howard W Jones, Frank J Castora   +5 more
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