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• v  destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing
  disinfect a wound

• The federal Aquatic Invasive Species Act, passed in 1990, requires ships to disinfect their ballast before discharging it, but critics say its standards aren't tough enough.
• An employee for Sanyo displays the company's new washing machine "Aqua AWD-AQ2000", which has the world's first "Air Wash" function to disinfect and deodorize temperature sensitive .
• Here are seven sweet-smelling ways to disinfect.

• infect

News & Articles

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• 1-800-GO-VAPOR.com Targets Country Clubs with Toxic-Free Vapor Steam Cleaner
  Steam Vapor System Qualifies as a Disinfection Device for the EPA, Making It More Suitable Than Traditional Hard-Surface Disinfectants for Many Private Club Settings Including Men’s and Women’s Locker Rooms (PRWeb June 11, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/LadybugVaporSteamCleaners/GreenCleaningChemicalFree/prweb10818930.htm
  June 11, 2013 - PRWeb
• Cambridge Health Alliance Study Demonstrates that Xenex Disinfection System Significantly Reduces Operating Room ...
  A new study conducted at Cambridge Health Alliance , a Harvard Medical School Teaching Affiliate, demonstrated that pulsed xenon ultraviolet light disinfection can significantly decrease Operating Room contamination of surfaces and air.
  June 10, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• 1-800-GO-VAPOR.com to Target Resort Hotels with Chemical-Free Vapor Steam Cleaner Technology
  The Commercial-Grade Ladybug Tekno 2350 Steam Vapor Sanitization System qualifies as a disinfection device for the EPA, making it more suitable than traditional hard-surface disinfectants for many resort hotel settings. (PRWeb June 08, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Ladybug/VaporSteamCleaners/prweb10812685.htm
  June 8, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Mark Kirk in NBC Chicago (blog)
  I agree with Gov. Quinn that in the end, we should fully disinfect our sewage water,Kirk said. "That's not the case now."
• Nancy Pelosi in New York Times
  The 411-8 vote gave momentum to the bill (S 1) that Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said would "drain the swamp that is Washington, DC, to let the sunlight disinfect the Congress."
• Stephen J Dubner in ABC News
  A whole raft of medical studies have shown that hospital personnel wash or disinfect their hands in fewer than half the instances they should,Dubner said. "And doctors are the worst offenders, more lax than either nurses or aides."