Introduction / objectives Reprocessing single use devices is the process to be applied to hospital/medical objects which allows their reuse; in order to reuse them it is necessary to include steps in order to ensure that the catheters are clean, without organic matter, reducing the microbial load, pyrogens and biofilm. To develop and validate a cleaning protocol for objects from a cardiology se...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the efficacy of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) as a therapeutic protocol for oral decontamination. METHODS In order to address the focused question: Is aPDT a useful therapeutic protocol for oral decontamination?, an electronic search without time or language restrictions was conducted up to July 20...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present research was to compare the residual microbial load in Solo System microfiber mops with silver and in normal microfiber mops without silver to see whether those with the silver prevent bacterial proliferation and spread more effectively during normal cleaning operations. METHODS Mops with and without silver were experimentally contaminated with suspension ...

Laboratory animal models are an important part of test design. Certain conditions such as microbial contamination in diets of these models could affect the results of experiments. One of the most important routes that predispose to contamination is generated through feeding of laboratory animals. This study aimed to show the effect of gamma irradiation in reducing bacteria concentrations,...

This is an excellent starting point for research on antibiotics. The site contains a large list of antibiotics that is arranged into different structural classes. This review describes a book that provides an excellent background on the types of antibiotics, their synthesis and their mechanisms of action. This timeline shows the dates of introduction of new antibiotics. It should be noted that ...

in this study, the antimicrobial effect of sea cucumber extract (0.5, 1 and 2%) on the microbial population of rainbow trout fillets during refrigerated storage was examined. fillets were stored for 16 days and every 4 days microbial tests (including total bacterial load, pseudomonas, enterobacteriaceae and h2s producing bacteria) were performed on the samples. results showed that there was no ...