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QUALITY ASSURANCE IN MICROBIOLOGY

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2004
Quality assurance (QA) is the total process whereby the quality of laboratory reports can be guaranteed. The term quality control covers that part of QA, which primarily concerns the control of errors in the performance of tests and verification of test results. All materials, equipment and procedures must be adequately controlled.
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Monitoring of Pig Slaughter Stages and Correlation in the Prevalence of Pathogens and Levels of Microorganisms That Indicate Microbiological Quality and Hygiene Using a Predictive Model

Journal of Food Protection, 2023
Pig production is relevant to the Brazilian economy. Different stages of the raising and slaughtering process influence the microbiological quality of pig products and by-products. Microbiological analysis and hazard analysis and critical control points (
Elton Rodrigo Cê, Audecir Giombelli, Jalusa Deon Kich, Karla Suzana Moresco, Andresa Miranda, Mayka Reghiany Pedrão, Gracielle Johann, Andréa Cátia Leal Badaró, Elisabete Hiromi Hashimoto, Alessandra Machado-Lunkes   +9 more
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Decrease Of Repeated Contamination Of Packed Deli-cious Meat Products [PDF]

, 2019
The study considers a problem of repeated contamination of delicious products, ready for consumption. The aim of the work is to study the repeated thermal processing of a ready vacuum-packed whole-muscular meat product for inhibiting a surface microbiota.
Azarova, N. (Nadiia), Glushkov, O. (Oleg), Shlapak, H. (Halyna), Synytsia, O. (Olha), Vinnikova, L. (Lydmila)   +4 more
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Microbiological Analysis of Borehole Water Quality

Medical Sciences Forum, 2023
Groundwater is often used as a primary resource by those who have boreholes inside their properties; however, this has caused concerns among health professionals. This water may contain microorganisms or substances that are harmful. The main objective of
Catarina Silva, Telma Costa, Nádia Silva, Sérgio Valério, Helena Barroso, Maria João Hilário, Sara Alves   +6 more
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Multivariate statistical analysis for the identification of potential seafood spoilage indicators [PDF]

, 2017
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) characterize the spoilage of seafood packaged under modified atmospheres (MAs) and could thus be used for quality monitoring.
Abatih, Emmanuel, De Meulenaer, Bruno, Devlieghere, Frank, Ioannidis, Angelos-Gerasimos, Kuuliala, Lotta, Ragaert, Peter, Vanderroost, Mike   +6 more
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Left to dry: unseen risks lurking on reusable medical devices

Scientific Reports
In this study, the intricate relationship between the complexity of reusable medical devices and their cleaning efficacy is explored to the point of cleaning failure.
Terra A. Kremer, Gerald McDonnell, Jamie Fogarty, Cindy Rodriguez, Christopher H. Ratanski, Neil J. Rowan   +5 more
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CRISPR/Cas Technology in Insect Insecticide Resistance

Insects
Chemicals and biological insecticides play a crucial role as pest management strategies in modern agriculture and forestry. However, their excessive and unreasonable use inevitably leads to varying degrees of resistance among insect populations, which ...
Qiuchen Xu, Mingyun Wang, Jiahui Zeng, Hangzhen Sun, Xiaoqi Wei, Hui Jiang, Xuping Shentu, Dan Sun   +7 more
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Fecal contamination of drinking-water in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
Background: access to safe drinking-water is a fundamental requirement for good health and is also a human right. Global access to safe drinking-water is monitored by WHO and UNICEF using as an indicator “use of an improved source,” which does not ...
Bain, R., Bartram, J., Cronk, R., Slaymaker, T., Wright, J.A., Yang, Hong   +5 more
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Advances in Virus Detection Techniques Based on Recombinant Polymerase Amplification

Molecules
Recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) has emerged as a rapid, efficient, and highly sensitive method for nucleic acid amplification, thus becoming a focal point of research in the field of virus detection.
Shiwen Wu, Wenhan Yu, Xianshu Fu, Xiaoping Yu, Zihong Ye, Mingzhou Zhang, Yulou Qiu, Biao Ma   +7 more
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Microbiological quality of commercial dairy products [PDF]

, 2007
The purpose of this research was to assess the hygienic properties of commercially available dairy foods. The products surveyed included liquid milks (pasteurized and UHT-treated), cultured dairy products (kefir, cultured buttermilk, sour cream, yogurt,
Varga, László
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