Sentences with phrase «contaminated surfaces»

The infectious agents can be transmitted through the air, by direct contact with an infected dog (such as touching noses or barking through a fence) or by contact with contaminated surfaces.

Further analysis suggests that the infection may be transmitted within hospitals via contaminated surfaces and through airborne transmission.

It's found on contaminated surfaces, in soil, or on food or water that has been contaminated with feces (poop) from infected humans or animals.

The virus can survive in the environment for a very long time and can spread easily from contaminated surfaces.

The virus spreads through the environment and via direct contact, aerosols (in the air) and via contaminated surfaces.

The virus is shed in the feces and vomit — sometimes for months after symptoms resolve — and spreads through people - to - people contact, by touching contaminated surfaces and then the mouth, or eating food contaminated with the virus.

Dogs can spread the disease through contaminated surfaces, shared food / water bowls, water droplets in the air, and direct contact with another dog.

For maximum efficacy, disinfectants should be allowed to settle on contaminated surfaces for 10 minutes or longer.

This type of contamination typically arises from rupture of underground storage tanks, application of pesticides and herbicides, percolation of contaminated surface water to subsurface strata, leaching of wastes from landfills or direct discharge of industrial wastes to the soil.

Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are trying to find out why uranium persists in groundwater at former uranium ore processing sites despite remediation of contaminated surface materials two decades ago.

The paper in question is Schmidt (2009, IJoC), and it revisits two papers published in recent years purporting to show that economic activity is contaminating the surface temperature records — specifically de Laat and Maurellis (2006) and McKitrick and Michaels (2007).

The Public Health Agency of Canada recommends foodservice operators and consumers clean and disinfect potentially contaminated surfaces with bleach, especially after an episode of illness.

It is spread through direct contact with an infected dog, through the air (coughing or sneezing), or from contaminated surfaces such as clothing.

Regularly clean and disinfect contaminated surfaces where someone is infected.

In a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, Hang's team noted that human babies and toddlers are at greater risk because they come into contact with contaminated surfaces while crawling on carpets and sleeping on smoke - infused bedding.

She could not safely move about and learn in a classroom where 23 kids were allowed to eat as they please as that would leave contaminated surfaces, manipulatives and carpets.

Though each state regulates septic tanks differently, more needs to be done in order to ensure humans are not contaminating surface waters by using septic tanks.

The Ebola virus can also be transmitted indirectly, through contact with previously contaminated surfaces and objects.

Positive samples have been retrieved from poultry and from contaminated surfaces at the markets.

If the virus contaminates a surface, it can then be carried on hands or clothing.It is a relatively new disease that began affecting dogs in 2004.

Droplets also contaminate surfaces, food, bowls and other objects, increasing the potential for further infections.2, 3 Environments such as dog shows, dog parks, pet day care centers and the like can be particularly risky.

Dogs contract the bacteria or virus by inhaling it from the air or sniffing contaminated surfaces, such as toys or food dishes.

Contaminated water is one of the causes of giardia in dogs as well as general exposure in the environment such as exposure to contaminated surfaces in parks or even the dog's food if that also becomes contaminated.

For use on skunked animals, carpets, upholstery and other contaminated surfaces.

This involves disposing of feces quickly and cleaning contaminated surfaces.

For the purposes of this article I will ignore the Urban Heat Island effect that seems to have contaminated the surface station record as a result of poor recording site management and surrounding development over many years.

While some of the most contaminated samples, like the toilet and bathroom sink, were to be expected, the researchers also found that the TV remote and the bedside lamp switch were among the most highly contaminated surfaces.

The rodents shed the virus in their urine and droppings, and people contract it by touching contaminated surfaces, inhaling viral particles, or eating contaminated food (including the rats themselves).

The study, led by the University of Cambridge and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, also suggests that conventional cleaning will not be sufficient to eliminate the pathogen, which can be transmitted through contaminated surfaces or in the air.

The organisms associated with Kennel Cough are commonly spread through the air with coughing or sneezing, through direct contact such as kissing or licking, and via contaminated surfaces such as if you pet a dog after your hands have been exposed to the virus.

Urban effects have contaminated surface temperature data.

Limited evidence suggests that Ebola virus can persist for several days on contaminated surfaces, although it is highly sensitive to light and drying.

NASA elected to steer Galileo into Jupiter in 2003, and Cassini into Saturn in 2017, to remove the small threat of these spacecraft crashing into an icy moon and potentially contaminating each surface.

E. coli is incredibly contagious, spreading easily via an infected person, the consumption of contaminated food or water, or contact with contaminated surfaces.

Writing as background for their work, van Kempen et al. (2016) note that Azollaceae are among the fastest growing plants in the world and that such free - floating freshwater ferns are utilized and valued «as a green fertilizer in paddy fields,» as «a phytoremediation tool for contaminated surface waters and wastewaters, and for the production of biogas and animal food,» citing Wagner (1997) and van Hove and Lejeune (2002).

Virus can survive in the environment for a very long time and can spread easily from contaminated surfaces.

Norovirus is the most common cause of gastroenteritis, and it is spread by contact with contaminated fecal matter through unwashed food, unwashed hands, or touching a contaminated surface — and then touching your mouth.

These systems, Morrison explains, enable workers to deep - clean and sanitize without having to touch soiled or contaminated surfaces, which results in cleaner buildings, more productive employees, happier customers and reduced costs spent on unnecessary equipment and excess chemicals.

All he has to do is touch a contaminated surface then put his fingers in his mouth or nose, or rub his eyes.

All she has to do is touch a contaminated surface then put her fingers in her mouth or nose, or rub her eyes.

The virus can stay alive on a contaminated surface for many hours.

Touching a contaminated surface — where the virus can survive for hours — and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes can also give you flu.

After 10 minutes, the recommended amount of contact time for a disinfectant to effectively treat a contaminated surface and succeed in decontaminating it, the color fades, Kang said.

Wastewater that is not properly treated can contaminate surface and groundwater and threaten public health.

Lead researcher Dr Sarah Warnes said: «Transmission of infectious diseases via contaminated surfaces is far more important than was originally thought, and this includes viruses that cause respiratory infections.

But though it's easy to envision spread within a single hospital — for instance through contaminated surfaces or droplets lingering in the air — how long - distance spread could happen is a mystery.

With the IDF money, Mariella has been able to obtain non-radioactive chemicals that act as surrogates for the radioactive isotopes of elements that are likely to contaminate a surface, and is planning to conduct tests.

As if this little monster isn't bad enough, it can be spread through the air, contaminated surfaces (it's also hard to kill) and food handlers (fecal - oral).

The bad news is that it is quite contagious, and can be spread by coming into contact with another person, by touching a contaminated surface, or by moving germs from one part of the body to another.

You can also pick up the flu by touching contaminated surfaces (the flu can live up to eight hours on surfaces, according to the CDC), then touching your hand to your face.