Sterilization

"Sterilization" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The destroying of all forms of life, especially microorganisms, by heat, chemical, or other means.

Descriptor ID	D013242
MeSH Number(s)	N06.850.780.200.450.850
Concept/Terms	Sterilization Sterilization

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sterilization".

Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Public Health Practice [N06.850.780]
Communicable Disease Control [N06.850.780.200]
Infection Control [N06.850.780.200.450]
Sterilization [N06.850.780.200.450.850]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Sterilization".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Sterilization".

Sterilization
Disinfection

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Bar chart showing 10 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1996 and 1997 and 2001 and 2003 and 2004 and 2008 and 2010 and 2012 and 2020 and 2023

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2003	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1
2008	0	1	1
2010	0	1	1
2012	1	0	1
2020	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1

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Kovalski E, Salazar L, Levin D, Kamine TH. A 3D-Printed Portable Sterilizer to Be Used During Surgical Procedures in Spaceflight. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2023 Nov 01; 94(11):857-860.

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Byrne JD, Wentworth AJ, Chai PR, Huang HW, Babaee S, Li C, Becker SL, Tov C, Min S, Traverso G. Injection Molded Autoclavable, Scalable, Conformable (iMASC) system for aerosol-based protection: a prospective single-arm feasibility study. BMJ Open. 2020 07 07; 10(7):e039120.

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Silverman J. What's the proper policy? Lab Anim (NY). 2018 11; 47(11):297.

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Ghimire A, Zore OV, Thilakarathne VK, Briand VA, Lenehan PJ, Lei Y, Kasi RM, Kumar CV. "Stable-on-the-Table" Biosensors: Hemoglobin-Poly (Acrylic Acid) Nanogel BioElectrodes with High Thermal Stability and Enhanced Electroactivity. Sensors (Basel). 2015 Sep 18; 15(9):23868-85.

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Chan D, Downing D, Keough CE, Saad WA, Annamalai G, d'Othee BJ, Ganguli S, Itkin M, Kalva SP, Khan AA, Krishnamurthy V, Nikolic B, Owens CA, Postoak D, Roberts AC, Rose SC, Sacks D, Siddiqi NH, Swan TL, Thornton RH, Towbin R, Wallace MJ, Walker TG, Wojak JC, Wardrope RR, Cardella JF. Joint Practice Guideline for Sterile Technique during Vascular and Interventional Radiology Procedures: From the Society of Interventional Radiology, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, and Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing, for the Society of Interventional Radiology [corrected] Standards of Practice Committee, and Endorsed by the Cardiovascular Interventional Radiological Society of Europe and the Canadian Interventional Radiology Association. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2012 Dec; 23(12):1603-12.

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Plante MJ, Li X, Scully G, Brown MA, Busconi BD, DeAngelis NA. Evaluation of sterilization methods following contamination of hamstring autograft during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2013 Mar; 21(3):696-701.

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Haessler S, Connelly NR, Kanter G, Fitzgerald J, Scales ME, Golubchik A, Albert M, Gibson C. A surgical site infection cluster: the process and outcome of an investigation--the impact of an alcohol-based surgical antisepsis product and human behavior. Anesth Analg. 2010 Apr 01; 110(4):1044-8.

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Peipert JF, Redding CA, Blume JD, Allsworth JE, Matteson KA, Lozowski F, Mayer KH, Morokoff PJ, Rossi JS. Tailored intervention to increase dual-contraceptive method use: a randomized trial to reduce unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Jun; 198(6):630.e1-8.

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Waked WR, Simpson AK, Miller CP, Magit DP, Grauer JN. Sterilization wrap inspections do not adequately evaluate instrument sterility. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Sep; 462:207-11.

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Ganguli S, Kruskal JB, Brennan DD, Kane RA. Intraoperative laparoscopic ultrasound. Radiol Clin North Am. 2006 Nov; 44(6):925-35.

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