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Protein solutions or proteins in blood and blood fractions may bind endotoxin and render it unavailable for detection inside the LAL test. Alternatively, some proteases degrade the proteins from the enzyme cascade while others (eg, trypsin) activate it.The LAL test is an enzymatic-based in vitro test using the horseshoe crab’s blood. The horsesho

Antiseptics are germicides applied to living tissue and pores and skin; disinfectants are antimicrobials utilized only to inanimate objects. Generally, antiseptics are used only within the pores and skin rather than for surface disinfection, and disinfectants are not employed for skin antisepsis mainly because they can injure pores and skin and als