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unsterile

British  
/ ʌnˈstɛraɪl /

adjective

  1. not free from living, esp pathogenic, microorganisms

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Although HIV transmission from contaminated blood through unsterile injection is a well-known risk, the report said this is the first documentation of probable infections involving cosmetic services.

From Seattle Times

We operated in unsterile settings that would’ve been unthinkable in the United States.

From Seattle Times

But this time he agreed with them, describing their actions as "courageous," and drew a parallel to 19th-century British physician John Snow, who traced a cholera outbreak to a single London water pump, similar to how ACT UP activists traced HIV to unsterile injection needles and sought to eliminate the source of infection.

From Salon

The Indonesian Food and Drug Authority, worried about side effects and unsterile production procedures, has banned a phase 2 clinical trial of the method, developed by former Minister of Health Terawan Putranto, who also invented an unproven and potentially harmful stroke therapy.

From Science Magazine

Three former Fillakit employees said that its process was unsterile.

From Salon