This work focuses, for the first time, on mechanistic modelling of wastewater disinfection by solar photo-Fenton process using controlled simulated radiation. At circumneutral pH, iron precipitates forming hydroxides and significantly affecting optical properties water. In this regard, radiation transfer in reactor has been taken into account. The proposed model considers that inactivation bact...

This work focuses on the removal of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) contained in hospital urines by UV disinfection enhanced electrochemical oxidation to overcome limitations both single processes this type effluents. disinfection, electrolysis, and photoelectrolysis synthetic urine intensified with K. pneumoniae were studied. The influence current density anode material was assessed perfor...

OBJECTIVES To compare the microbiological efficacy, turnaround time, cost, convenience, and patient and user tolerance of Tristel Trio Wipes, PeraSafe solution and Cidex OPA solution for the high-level disinfection of flexible nasendoscopes. METHODS Flexible nasendoscopes were used in routine clinical encounters. They were then disinfected with one of the three disinfectant methods. Surveilla...

Introduction / objectives We describe the case of a 68-year-old male with autopsy-confirmed sporadic CJD (CJDs) who had undergone 2 colonoscopies prior to this diagnosis. The involved endoscopy centre had multiple colonoscopes and gastroscopes that are cleaned and disinfected in the same automatic washers/disinfectors (AWD). There was no system in place to track the use and disinfection of indi...

Chlorination is an effective method of water disinfection. However, it has been identified as contributing to the formation of a wide variety of disinfection by-products that have been associated with adverse health effects. Natural humic matter and anthropogenic pollutants are responsible for the formation of these by-products. Mass spectrometry is the most efficient tool to analyze the rates ...

Chlorine has been widely used to kill disease-causing microbes in drinking water. During the disinfection process, organic and inorganic material in source waters can combine with chlorine and certain other chemical disinfectants to form disinfection by-products. The kind of disinfectant used can produce different types and levels of disinfectant byproducts in the drinking water, such as trihal...