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Recent Examples of unsterilized
It can also be transmitted through sharing personal care items (like a razor or toothbrush) or getting a tattoo or piercing from unsterilized equipment.
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Julia Ries,
SELF,
21 June 2023
The aim is to slow the spread of diseases like hepatitis C that can spread when inmates try to tattoo themselves or each other with unsterilized tools like electric motors and ballpoint pens and share contaminated needles.
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From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports,
USA TODAY,
18 Apr. 2022
Animal shelters across the country have been battling a deacades-long pandemic of sorts dealing with the consequences of unvaccinated and unsterilized pets, from surrenders of pets to animal shelters to the needless euthanasia of homeless pets.
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Cathy M. Rosenthal,
San Antonio Express-News,
16 Sep. 2021
Out-of-control children were dosed with adult tranquilizers, administered through unsterilized needles, while many who fell ill received transfusions of unscreened blood.
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
21 Dec. 2020
Wollstonecraft was later to die in tragic irony, at the unsterilized hands of the male surgeon who delivered her second daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, a genius who manifested her mother’s bioethical themes in the novel of the era, Frankenstein.
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Madeleine Kearns,
National Review,
19 Nov. 2020
The disease often results from cutting the umbilical cord with an unsterilized instrument, introducing the microbe into a susceptible wound.
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Rebecca Kreston,
Discover Magazine,
29 Sep. 2015
Julia Ries,
SELF,
21 June 2023
The aim is to slow the spread of diseases like hepatitis C that can spread when inmates try to tattoo themselves or each other with unsterilized tools like electric motors and ballpoint pens and share contaminated needles.
—
From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports,
USA TODAY,
18 Apr. 2022
Animal shelters across the country have been battling a deacades-long pandemic of sorts dealing with the consequences of unvaccinated and unsterilized pets, from surrenders of pets to animal shelters to the needless euthanasia of homeless pets.
—
Cathy M. Rosenthal,
San Antonio Express-News,
16 Sep. 2021
Out-of-control children were dosed with adult tranquilizers, administered through unsterilized needles, while many who fell ill received transfusions of unscreened blood.
—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
21 Dec. 2020
Wollstonecraft was later to die in tragic irony, at the unsterilized hands of the male surgeon who delivered her second daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, a genius who manifested her mother’s bioethical themes in the novel of the era, Frankenstein.
—
Madeleine Kearns,
National Review,
19 Nov. 2020
The disease often results from cutting the umbilical cord with an unsterilized instrument, introducing the microbe into a susceptible wound.
—
Rebecca Kreston,
Discover Magazine,
29 Sep. 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsterilized
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There have also been reports of black market silicone injections, which are done illegally and in typically unsterile environments – further increasing the risk for health problems.
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There is also a risk that the contact lens and packing solution may become unsterile.
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Epidemics, worsened by the unsanitary conditions caused by the mountains of garbage the government has stopped collecting, combine with the shortage of medicines and the dire state of medical facilities.
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According to investigators, the girl was found with severely matted hair and living in unsanitary conditions.
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Employees were observed to only sanitize their gloved hands after touching insanitary surfaces and then resumed touching RTE food and various food contact surfaces.
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The company admitted that by January 2021 some employees were aware that the insanitary conditions were causing products to become contaminated.
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Scabies, ringworm, rashes from numerous unknown sources and unwashed skin was wrapped in clothing of stiff linen, smelly woolens or coarse calico.
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Simple issues—such as unwashed hands, test strip problems, or incorrect meter use—can sometimes lead to inaccurate results.
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However, Strickland says a dirty filter or uncleaned condenser reduces your system's efficiency, which can raise energy bills.
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Red chili peppers in a can on the bottom shelf of the prep table were left uncleaned.
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The life-threatening species that's found in water can also sicken or kill people who eat contaminated seafood, such as raw oysters infected with the bacteria.
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Every dollar a family spends on cancer treatment or a hospital stay tied to contaminated water is a dollar that better rules could have saved them.
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Margera tried to soothe the pain by submerging his fresh brand in a tub of filthy farm water, which resulted in a life-threatening staph infection that landed him in the hospital.
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Outside the Lineage warehouse Thursday morning, the smell of heavy smoke was already being replaced with that of spoiling food and filthy water.
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Despite the unclean baseball in the eighth, there were no shortage of excellent performances over the first seven innings.
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The police report said that a woman at the residence, who was suffering a deep cut on her wrist and multiple cuts to her hand, alleged to police Thorpe entered the residence and got upset with the unclean condition in the home, the outlets reported.
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“Unsterilized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsterilized. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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