Biofilm is a multicellular layer of adherent bacteria surrounded by organic polymer matrix. The development of biofilms in food processing environments is a potential source of hazard for food safety and quality [1]. Food contact surfaces are commonly disinfected with different chemical compounds. However, corrosion and toxicity limit the use of these commercial disinfectants [2]. The risk will...

Most critical instruments are not designed for heat sterilization and autoclaving. These items are usually treated with chemical agents such as peracetic acid(PAA), glutaraldehyde (GA) and ortho-phthalaldehyde (OPA). MTT assay is often used to evaluate the in vitro cytotoxicity of these chemical agents. In this study, disinfectants were allowed to come in direct contact with cells. Their cytoto...

INTRODUCTION General dental practitioners provide the majority of treatment in Iran. The aim of this study was to gather information on the methods, materials and attitudes employed in root canal treatment by dentists participated in 7(th) Congress of Iranian Academy of Restorative Dentistry in Shiraz /2007 in order to evaluate the quality of current practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS A question...

One way to prevent the transmission and spread of Covid-19 is always keep ourselves our environment clean. Maintaining personal environmental hygiene can be done by using antiseptics disinfectants. Disinfectants that are not used properly will bad for humans. That why so far spraying disinfectants prevention COVID-19 has been carried out human workers who dressed in complete Personal Protective...

In this paper the writers present results which they obtained, for the most part, in making a comparative study of disinfectants that, might be used by poultrymen, a fact which accounts for the choice of test organisms and various other details of the technic. Although, as the title implies, this work was done chiefly with the hydroxide, carbonate, and phosphate of sodium, the paper also report...

A comparison was made of the effectiveness of popular disinfectants (Cavicide, Cidexplus, Clorox, Exspor, Lysol, Renalin, and Wavicide) under conditions prescribed for disinfection in the respective product labels on Pseudomonas aeruginosa either in suspension or deposited onto surfaces of metallic or polymeric plastic devices. The testing also included 7 nonformulated germicidal agents (glutar...