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Vessoni Thereza Christina Penna*, Silva Alzira Maria Martins and
Priscila Gava Mazzola  Author Affiliations  Department of
Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo,
Brazil  For all author emails, please log on.  BMC Public Health
2002, 2:13  doi:10.1186/1471-2458-2-13   Received:1 March 2002
Accepted:15 August 2002 Published:15 August 2002     A typical
purification system that provides purified water which meets
ionic and organic chemical standards, must be protected from
microbial proliferation to minimize cross-contamination for use
in cleaning and preparations in pharmaceutical industries and in
health environments.   Samples of water were taken directly from
the public distribution water tank at twelve different stages of
a typical purification system were analyzed for the
identification of isolated bacteria. Two miniature kits were
used: (i) identification system (api 20