BACKGROUND The spread of antibiotic-resistant pathogens represents an increasing threat in healthcare facilities. Concern has been expressed that the use of surface disinfectants and antiseptics may select for antibiotic-resistant pathogens. OBJECTIVE To review the scientific literature on whether there is a link between use of germicides (ie, disinfectants and antiseptics) and bacterial resi...

introduction: induced molting is a process that stimulates natural molting events. when birds return to full feed, a new plumage develops and the birds resume egg peroduction at a higher rate with better egg quality. induced molting extends the productive liffe of commercial chicken flocks and results in substantial reduction in the number of chickens needed to produce the nation's egg supply. ...

In an effort to evaluate and control the potential hazard and inherent risk of environmental transmission and spread of nosocomial infections by contact with hitherto “non-critical” inanimate/environmental surfaces in the hospital and healthcare facilities (commode, bed, bowl of toilet etc.), the microbicidal efficacies of six disinfectants products commonly used in local hospital facilities wa...

Theexperiment was conducted to investigate the growth performance and feed conversion efficiency of crossbred heifer at different age level in Government Dairy Farm in Bogra, Bangladesh. Twelve female crossbred heifers were equally distributed (n=3) into four groups [Group A: (7±2 months), B: (12±2 months), C: (15±2 months) and D: (20±2 months)] according to age and fed concentrate mix, rice st...

Polyamide (PA)-based membranes are widely used in reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) but can react with chlorine-based disinfectants (free chlorine chloramines) applied for biofouling control. This study examined how chloramines affected PA layer reactivity performance when individual mixed halides (Cl − , Br I ) were present, since these reactants form a host of different halogenatin...