antimicrobial definition

antimicrobial means those pesticides defined by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136 (mm)):
antimicrobial means any medicinal product with a direct action on micro- organisms used for treatment or prevention of infections or infectious diseases, including antibiotics, antivirals and antifungals;
antimicrobial means an antimicrobial as defined in point (12) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/…+.

Examples of antimicrobial in a sentence

  • Antimicrobial compound shall be tested for efficacy by an NRTL and registered by the EPA for use in HVAC systems.

  • Antimicrobial Agents and Coatings: Apply EPA-registered antimicrobial agents if fungus is present.

  • Antimicrobial resistance: tackling a crisis for the health and wealth of nations.

  • Antimicrobial activity of essential oils and other plant extracts.

  • Antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery: an advisory statement from the National Surgical Infection Prevention Project.

  • Broad Spectrum Antimicrobial Fungicide and Bactericide Treatment: Provide acoustical panels treated with manufacturer's standard antimicrobial formulation that inhibits fungus, mold, mildew, and gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and showing no mold, mildew, or bacterial growth when tested according to ASTM D 3273 and evaluated according to ASTM D 3274 or ASTM G 21.

  • Antimicrobial agents from plants: antibacterial activity of plant volatile oils.

  • Antimicrobial agents are not included in this definition of pesticides.

  • European Medicines Agency, European Surveillance of Veterinary Antimicrobial consumption (ESVAC).

  • Annual Report of the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net).


More Definitions of antimicrobial

antimicrobial means an agent that inhibits the growth or multiplication of microorganisms, or kills them
antimicrobial means any substance with a direct action on micro-organisms used for treatment or prevention of infections or infectious diseases, including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and anti- protozoals
antimicrobial means substances which can kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms;
antimicrobial means the agent that kills microbial growth.
antimicrobial means an agent that kills microorganisms or suppresses microorganism multiplication or growth.

Related to antimicrobial

  • Biological agent shall mean any pathogenic (disease producing) micro-organism(s) and/or biologically produced toxin(s) (including genetically modified organisms and chemically synthesized toxins) which cause illness and/or death in humans, animals or plants.

  • Animal means any nonhuman animate being endowed with the power of voluntary action.

  • Microbusiness means a licensee that may act as a cannabis

  • Cannabis means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, Cannabis indica, or Cannabis ruderalis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin, whether crude or purified, extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin. “Cannabis” also means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from cannabis. “Cannabis” does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination. For the purpose of this division, “cannabis” does not mean “industrial hemp” as defined by Section 11018.5 of the Health and Safety Code. Cannabis and the term “marijuana” may be used interchangeably.

  • Infiltration means water other than wastewater that enters a sewer system (including sewer system and foundation drains) from the ground through such means as defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes. Infiltration does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow.

  • Culture means a set of distinctive spiritual, material, religious, intellectual, creative, and emotional attributes of a society or social group, and encompasses, in addition to art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, values, traditions, and beliefs.

  • Vaccine means a specially prepared antigen which, upon administration to a person, will result in immunity and, specifically for the purposes of this rule, shall mean influenza and pneumococcal vaccines.

  • Pyrolysis means the thermal degradation of a substance in the absence of any oxidising agent, which does not form part of the substance itself, to produce char and gas and/or liquid; and