Sentence examples for contaminate surfaces from inspiring English sources

It can contaminate surfaces, carpets and upholstery, linger for weeks, resist routine cleaning and flare up on cruise after cruise.

Infected people who do not wash their hands after using the toilet may contaminate surfaces they touch, like handrails and door handles, which may then infect other people who touch the same surfaces and put their hands in their mouths or eat without first washing their hands.

For example, a patient in a shared room with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, can, within hours, contaminate surfaces such as bed rails, tables and bathroom fixtures.

The ability of several species of Hematophagous diptera to transmit B. anthracis mechanically for at least 4 h after contact with an infected animal, and the ability of other diptera to contaminate surfaces with B. anthracis either with spores in their feces or by direct contamination with spores or vegetative forms present on their body surfaces, has also been demonstrated [21], [27], [28].

A significant drawback of this method is that calcium salts may precipitate in the process and contaminate surfaces of distillation columns, evaporators and heat-exchangers.

Pathogens contaminate surfaces through large volume surface soaking (e.g. spills) or micro-droplet aspirations (e.g. sneezes) and are transferred subsequently to healthcare workers' hands and other objects (e.g. touch events) [ 12- 14].

"Fracking is exempt from federal regulations to protect water quality, but spills associated with natural gas drilling can contaminate surface, ground and drinking water," said Nagel.

And while natural gas may burn cleaner than coal, the hydrofracking process can contaminate surface and underground water and pollute air and land.

The long-term survival of C. parvum oocysts in soil under field conditions, as this study demonstrated, emphasizes their potential as a risk to contaminate surface waters.

The water path then can contaminate surface and ground water resources which leads to even bigger problems in large catchment areas.

Our results suggest that ionic mercury remains available for extended periods of time and can rapidly contaminate surface as well as embedded tissue cells.