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    contamination, not all instruments are able to endure the level of heat with this process. Many endoscopes, for example, are flexible to allow for the ease of movement in the body and are not made of sturdy material, but delicate ones. The heat used in sterilization could potentially damage the instrument creating a vehicle for bacteria to enter the body. Some delicate pieces could be destroyed and manipulated and introduce bacteria during a procedure, jeopardizing the health of a person. Catheters, especially

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    1. Explain, in detail, the meaning of the following statement. “Pasteurization is not sterilization” These two method of microbial control are used for different purpose, while sterilization is used to keep instruments, equipment, materials and objects free from harmful microorganisms, viruses and bacterial endospores, pasteurization is used keep food and beverages from spoiling by killing pathogens and reducing the number of spoilage microorganism. During the pasteurization of food products, not

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    Wash and Sterilization Process Washing and sterilizing surgical instrument and materials are extremely important in the practice of asepsis. Sterilizing all surgical instrument and materials prevents surgical sight infections. Over many years, there were many different ways the sterilization process was preformed. Many microbiologists and physicians took part in the discovery of and importance of the sterilization process. Today there are many steps to sterilizing surgical equipment. Before people

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    “It is impossible to understand the history of eugenics and its enduring legacies in California outside the framework of Chicana/o history”. Sterilization practices in Puerto Rico and California, pre- and post- legal eugenics can be examined through the context of eugenics and the history of medical ethics. “Although steady or increasing rates of sterilization in some cases reflected women’s demands for birth control, the lines between voluntary and coerced were often quite blurred” and a case can

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    In this era of science and technology, inventions are being made to improve the economic marketing especially. One of the new inventions is from agriculture sector, which is plant tissue culture. Nowadays, banana tissue culture is one of the famous inventions created by agriculturist. Robinson and Saúco (2010) mentioned that, banana is ranked second among the other fruit in most important fruit crop since it is high fruit production and high demands in the market. As elaborated by Singh, Uma, Selvarajan

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    Eugenic sterilization refers to the involuntary sterilization of certain categories of individuals without their need for consent by those subjected to the procedure (Pozgar, 2012, Pg. 411.) Individuals classified as mentally deficient, feeble minded, epileptic, promiscuous, sexual deviants, or persons classified as habitual criminals were mainly targeted (Pozgar, 2012, Pg. 411.) Eugenicists argued degenerate traits tainted society through the reproduction of the lowest class and sterilization was to

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    California, the state with a eugenic programs so intense that it even inspired the sterilization programs in Nazi Germany, the racist controlling image of the reckless breeder was even more pronounced. The Eugenics program of California is reported to have been responsible for 20,000 eugenic sterilizations taking place in state institutions, a staggering number in comparison to the total recorded eugenic sterilizations in the United states which is reported to be 60,000 including California. Mexican

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    reproduce and discourage those people with less desirable traits the human race can benefit. There were certain groups of people who were affected by these sterilization laws, including people that were mentally disabled or ill and those from socially unacceptable areas of life, that were adopted in 32 states starting in the 1930’s. These sterilizations were done on over 350,000 people in the span eleven years between 1934 and 1945 (Kaelber), leading the United States into one of the darkest parts of our

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    segregation that previously existed in the United States . One violation of human rights that occurred in Australia that has caused controversy was the sterilization of disabled women in Australia. This sterilization caused an uproar because of the violation of a woman’s right to produce offspring, regardless of her mental status. This forced sterilization on the mentally disabled women of Australia became a situation in which the UN became involved because of the violation of human rights. Globally

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    Bottle sterilizers are unique machines intended to give an additional level of sterilization for your baby's bottles. You can more often than not discover both electric units and units utilized as a part of the microwave, and many microwave units can likewise twofold as frosty water sterilizers. The measure of water you will require and the time span sterilization takes will shift from unit to unit, however, so you will require the maker's directions to decide correct sums. Your baby's body is sensitive

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