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Effects of Plasma-Activated Water Treatment on the Inactivation of Microorganisms Present on Cherry Tomatoes and in Used Wash Solution

Foods, 2023
Herein, we investigated the potential of plasma-activated water (PAW) as a wash solution for the microbial decontamination of cherry tomatoes. We analyzed the efficacy of PAW as a bactericidal agent based on reactive species and pH.
Gaeul Lee, Sung-Wook Choi, Miyoung Yoo, Hyun-Joo Chang, Nari Lee   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
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Sterilization methods for humam teeth

RGO: Revista Gaúcha de Odontologia, 2020
Appropriate sterilization methods for dental substrate are necessary so that extracted teeth can be used in laboratory activities, since potentially pathogenic microorganisms may be present even if teeth have been cleaned.
Rafael Jordão Storino Vaz MONTEIRO, Bárbara Daphini Matos SILVA, Lorena Esteve SILVEIRA, Maria Eugênia ALVAREZ-LEITE, Flavio Ricardo MANZI, Claudia Valéria de Sousa Rezende PENIDO   +5 more
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Benchmarking MicrobIEM – a user-friendly tool for decontamination of microbiome sequencing data

BMC Biology, 2023
Background Microbiome analysis is becoming a standard component in many scientific studies, but also requires extensive quality control of the 16S rRNA gene sequencing data prior to analysis.
Claudia Hülpüsch, Luise Rauer, Thomas Nussbaumer, Vera Schwierzeck, Madhumita Bhattacharyya, Veronika Erhart, Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Matthias Reiger, Avidan U. Neumann   +8 more
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Volunteer trials of a novel improvised dry decontamination protocol for use during mass casualty incidents as part of the UK'S Initial Operational Response (IOR).

PLoS ONE, 2017
Previous studies have demonstrated that rapid evacuation, disrobing and emergency decontamination can enhance the ability of emergency services and acute hospitals to effectively manage chemically-contaminated casualties.
Richard Amlôt, Holly Carter, Lorna Riddle, Joanne Larner, Robert P Chilcott   +4 more
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Effectiveness of decontamination protocols when analyzing ancient DNA preserved in dental calculus

Scientific Reports, 2021
Ancient DNA analysis of human oral microbial communities within calcified dental plaque (calculus) has revealed key insights into human health, paleodemography, and cultural behaviors.
Andrew G. Farrer, Sterling L. Wright, Emily Skelly, Raphael Eisenhofer, Keith Dobney, Laura S. Weyrich   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simulated sunlight decreases the viability of SARS-CoV-2 in mucus

PLoS ONE, 2021
The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has spread into a pandemic since its emergence in Wuhan, China in December of 2019. This has been facilitated by its high transmissibility within the human population and its ability to remain viable on inanimate ...
Angela Sloan, Todd Cutts, Bryan D. Griffin, Samantha Kasloff, Zachary Schiffman, Mable Chan, Jonathan Audet, Anders Leung, Darwyn Kobasa, Derek R. Stein, David Safronetz, Guillaume Poliquin   +11 more
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Objective stress values during radiation emergency medicine for future human resources: Findings from a survey of nurses.

PLoS ONE, 2022
IntroductionShortages of human resources in radiation emergency medicine (REM) caused by the anxiety and stress of due to working in REM, are a major concern.
Keita Iyama, Yoshinobu Sato, Takashi Ohba, Arifumi Hasegawa   +3 more
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A review on phytoremediation as an ecological method for in situ clean up of heavy metals contaminated soils [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2019
Heavy metals are among the most common types of contaminants in agricultural soils, especially those bordering the cities, due to the uncontrolled use of sewage sludge, compost, mining waste and chemical fertilizers.
Cioica Nicolae, Tudora Cătălina, Iuga Dorin, Deak György, Matei Monica, Nagy Elena Mihaela, Gyorgy Zoltan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hazardous ions decontamination: From the element to the material

Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 2022
Nowadays, water scarcity is a major environmental concern worldwide. Despite the numerous international water regulations, pollution levels are still rising due to anthropogenic activities. The main difficulty of water treatment lays in the varied nature
Yeisy C. López, Greter A. Ortega, Edilso Reguera   +2 more
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