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Sources of DNA contamination and decontamination procedures in the forensic laboratory [PDF]

, 2011
The sensitivity of forensic DNA typing techniques can cause problems when evidence samples are inadvertently contaminated with DNA from another source. Therefore, precautions need to be taken to minimize the risk of contamination.
De Groote, Sabine, Deforce, Dieter, Haerinck, Saskia, Van Hoofstat, David, Van Nieuwerburgh, Filip, Van Thuyne, Nicky, Vandewoestyne, Mado   +6 more
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Hybrid in vitro diffusion cell for simultaneous evaluation of hair and skin decontamination: temporal distribution of chemical contaminants [PDF]

, 2018
Most casualty or personnel decontamination studies have focused on removing contaminants from the skin. However, scalp hair and underlying skin are the most likely areas of contamination following airborne exposure to chemicals. The aim of this study was
A Roul, CH Dalton, D Josse, FSG Praça, G Skopp, H Eberhardt, H Matar, H Matar, HP Chan, JE Riviere, L Thors, M Houston, M Spiandore, M Spiandore, M Spiandore, N Kassouf, P Rolland, P Rolland, R Amlôt, RP Chilcott, RP Chilcott, RP Chilcott   +21 more
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The Effect of Menisci on Kinetic Analysis of Evaporation for Molten Alkali Metal Salts (CsNO3, CsCl, LiCl, and NaCl) in Small Cylindrical Containers

Journal of Chemistry, 2018
Using isothermal thermogravimetric data of alkali metal salts (CsNO3, CsCl, LiCl, and NaCl), we conducted kinetic analysis on atmospheric evaporation to investigate the effect of meniscus on determining the condensation coefficient.
In-Hwan Yang, Hee-Chul Yang, Hyung-Ju Kim   +2 more
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Selective digestive or oropharyngeal decontamination and topical oropharyngeal chlorhexidine for prevention of death in general intensive care : systematic review and network meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
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Glen, John, MacLennan, Graeme, Price, Richard, SuDDICU Collaboration   +3 more
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Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester, N. Starr, T. Negussie, D. Schaps, M. Adem, S. Alemu, D. Amenu, N. Gebeyehu, T. Habteyohannes, F. Jiru, A. Tesfaye, E. Wayessa, R. Chen, A. Trickey, S. Bitew, A. Bekele, T. G. Weiser   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safety assessment of the process ‘EREMA Recycling (MPR, Basic and Advanced technologies)’, used to recycle post-consumer PET into food contact materials [PDF]

, 2017
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Bolognesi, Claudia, Castle, Laurence, Cravedi, Jean-Pierre, Dudler, Vincent, EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF), Engel, Karl-Heinz, Fowler, Paul, Gontard, Nathalie, Grob, Konrad, Gürtler, Rainer, Husøy, Trine, Kärenlampi, Sirpa, Lampi, Eugenia, Lioupis, Alexandros, Mennes, Wim, Milana, Maria Rosaria, Nerin, Cristina, Papaspyrides, Constantine, Penninks, André, Silano, Vittorio, Smith, Andrew, Tavares Poças, Maria de Fátima, Tlustos, Christina, Wölfle, Detlef, Zorn, Holger, Zugravu, Corina-Aurelia   +25 more
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Using aerosols to decontaminate surfaces from nucleic acids

Microbiology Independent Research Journal, 2023
The occurrence of cross-contamination, which leads to false-positive results when analyzing samples, is an important problem in the PCR laboratory. There are many ways to solve this problem, but none of them is universal.
Viktor V. Kuzin, Nadezhda V. Kolupaeva, Olga A. Shcherbakova, Ivan A. Dyatlov   +3 more
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Implementation of environmental recovery training response to biological incidents in a human health degree [PDF]

, 2019
Agents involved in biological incidents and outbreaks of infection can spread easily, so response teams are required to quickly implement a recovery plan to decontaminate and restore the environment impacted by these incidents to minimise public risks. A
Pena, M. A., Pena-Fernandez, A.
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Safety assessment of the process ‘PEGRA-V’, based on Starlinger IV+® technology, used to recycle post-consumer PET into food contact materials [PDF]

, 2017
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Bolognesi, Claudia, Castle, Laurence, Cravedi, Jean-Pierre, Croera, Cristina, Dudler, Vincent, Engel, Karl-Heinz, Fowler, Paul, Gontard, Nathalie, Grob, Konrad, Gürtler, Rainer, Husøy, Trine, Kärenlampi, Sirpa, Lampi, Eugenia, Mennes, Wim, Milana, Maria Rosaria, Nerin, Cristina, Panel on Food Contact Materials Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF), Papaspyrides, Costantine, Penninks, André, Silano, Vittorio, Smith, Andrew, Tavares Poças, Maria de Fátima, Tlustos, Christina, Volk, Katharina, Wölfle, Detlef, Zorn, Holger, Zugravu, Corina-Aurelia   +26 more
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Assessment of Environmental Contamination and Environmental Decontamination Practices within an Ebola Holding Unit, Freetown, Sierra Leone. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Evidence to inform decontamination practices at Ebola holding units (EHUs) and treatment centres is lacking. We conducted an audit of decontamination procedures inside Connaught Hospital EHU in Freetown, Sierra Leone, by assessing environmental swab ...
Daniel Youkee, Colin S Brown, Paul Lilburn, Nandini Shetty, Tim Brooks, Andrew Simpson, Neil Bentley, Marta Lado, Thaim B Kamara, Naomi F Walker, Oliver Johnson   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source