How to Use disinfection in a Sentence

disinfection

noun
  • The 12-piece kit is equipped with bandaids of multiple sizes, gauze pads, and cleansing wipes for disinfection.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2024
  • This page has some good tips for easy-disinfection of feeders as well as tips to keep ourselves healthy when disposing of the birds.
    oregonlive, 9 Jan. 2022
  • The store shut for precautionary disinfection, and the spider got away, never to be heard from again.
    Alena Botros, Fortune Europe, 22 June 2024
  • The two-hour ceremonies will be staggered over three days, June 1 to June 3, with disinfection between events.
    Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Crew on the ship cleaned more frequently and used disinfection procedures once the outbreak began, the CDC said.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • One part of the program took advantage of the deep cleaning and disinfection needed in healthcare.
    Robert Reiss, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • In all cases, the major problem was a lack of frequent disinfection.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2023
  • People can pay for this disinfection service through cash, card or Venmo.
    Slone Terranella, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Keep in Mind After using these wipes, surfaces that will come in contact with food should be rinsed after the disinfection period.
    Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2023
  • These are inanimate objects like leashes or collars that the virus can live on if there isn't sufficient disinfection.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Many farms already require employees to place items like phones, tools, and lunch pails into UVC chambers, which are about the size of a small oven, as a disinfection measure before entering the farm.
    Kenny Torrella, Vox, 4 June 2024
  • In March, an off-duty nurse in Shanghai died after being turned away from an emergency ward at her own hospital that was closed for disinfection.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Since the announcement last year, Paris has been working to improve the water quality, including by installing a pair of disinfection units.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Online instructions for the wands offer few concrete clues for disinfection times.
    Jeanne Erdmann, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Nanjing airport authorities told CNN that all flights have been canceled since Monday for disinfection works, and would resume once the process is finished.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 29 July 2021
  • This can include circumstances like power outages, storms, floods, water-line breaks, well problems, the loss of water pressure, or loss of disinfection.
    Solcyre Burga, Time, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Strict attention is being paid to air purity and disinfection with the use of three Aerus Hydroxyl Blaster units permanently installed in the Hall.
    courant.com, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Anger swelled last month after an off-duty nurse in Shanghai died, after being turned away from an emergency ward at her own hospital that was closed for disinfection.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 6 Apr. 2022
  • If a business is in an area with high transmission or has a low number of people wearing masks, then more frequent cleaning or disinfection is encouraged.
    Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 June 2021
  • Rooms and areas where possible exposure occurred were closed for deep cleaning and disinfection, the district said.
    Mike Danahey, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • This summer, the city is installing a pair of disinfection units from the Paris region public sanitation service wastewater treatment plants.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2023
  • And the new cleaning guidelines do not apply to health care facilities, which may require more intensive cleaning and disinfection.
    Emily Anthes, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Yet, as the phones of specialized bedbug detectors and disinfection services have been ringing incessantly, some of the callers don’t even have bedbugs.
    Catherine Porter, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Chlorine, a critical chemical used for drinking water, can break down over time if stagnant, causing disinfection byproducts that cause bad taste and odor.
    John Sabo, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Cunard Cruise Line said that all sick passengers and crew members had been isolated in response to the outbreak and the remaining crew have increased their cleaning and disinfection procedures.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Daily disinfection, all-day mask-wearing and social-distancing rules make schools as safe as hospitals, Mulgrew said.
    Henry Goldman, Bloomberg.com, 12 Nov. 2020
  • At a Hyatt, Compton found a hand sanitizer dispenser in the lobby, plexiglass dividers at the check-in desk, contact-less check-in, extra disinfection of rooms, and a gym available by appointment.
    Robin Lloyd, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The Amarose skin tag remover contains this ingredient for disinfection.
    Jon Goodwin, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
  • For all the precautions and strict safety measures in place at rehearsal — testing, masks, social distancing and disinfection — what seems to have everyone feeling most at ease is the presence of Noseda himself.
    Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Last week, an off-duty nurse died after being turned away from an emergency ward at her own hospital closed for disinfection, a local hospital confirmed.
    Simone McCarthy and Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN, 1 Apr. 2022

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