Sentences with phrase «of microbial contamination»

The risk that probes could transport microbes from Earth to Mars, and vice versa upon its return, has been seen as a major concern for many years and there are international treaties in place that specifically limit the amount of microbial contamination on any spacecraft bound for other worlds.

Now scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a highly accurate, DNA - based method to detect and distinguish sources of microbial contamination in water.

Although no region of Mars is banned for exploration, international treaties set the allowable levels of microbial contamination on robotic spacecraft destined for other planetary environments.

The risk of microbial contamination could prevent humans and even robots from visiting the most promising parts of the Red Planet

Moreover, it results in better food safety as it minimises the risk of microbial contamination caused by handling the product.

Symptoms of microbial contamination from fecal matter can cause vomiting, diarrhea, rashes, and other problems.

Pillows are single use and thus reduce the chances of microbial contamination of the Veggie hardware and produce.

FDA proposes to set standards associated with identified routes of microbial contamination of produce, including agricultural water, biological soil amendments of animal origin, health and hygiene, animals in the growing area, equipment, tools, buildings and sprouts.

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Conclusion University of Bologna's new study proved that using corrugated instead of plastic packaging for fruit can significantly reduce potential contamination via microbial transfer.

The end of line inspection of filled food packaging provides effective protection against microbial load and contamination.

Despite microbial contamination of birth pool water during delivery, antibiotic prophylaxis, as indicated by clinical and laboratory suspicion of infection, was administered to only 0.98 % of babies after water birth versus 1.64 % of those after land delivery...

One 2013 study found significant microbial contamination in breast milks samples purchased online, concluding that mothers should avoid use of donated or sold breastmilk and suggesting further use of lactation services as the solution to increasing breastfeeding rates.

The scientists detected some evidence of fossil insect DNA in amber samples, but they couldn't rule out contamination by microbial or human DNA.

The spacecraft's demise, necessitated by dwindling fuel and a need to protect two of Saturn's 62 moons from potential microbial contamination from Earth, has brought forth a global outpouring of sentiment.

Other studies, with positive results, are also being performed such as detecting the microbial contamination of water or determining the maturity level of fruit, which could have key applications within the agro-food industry.

An exhaust vent leading from one of the facility's «clean rooms» to the roof lacked a filter or screen, for example, and flaws in the air handling system could expose sterile drugs to microbial contamination during processing.

But Brian Lanoil, a microbial ecologist at the University of California, Riverside, cautions that contamination could still be a problem.

For contamination of hard surfaces there would be reduced opportunity for breaking down the agent by microbial activity which is one way the agents might be degraded.

Pilot study to determine if microbial contamination levels in hospital washrooms are associated with hand drying method — Mark H. Wilcox — Journal of Hospital Infection

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