Decontamination

"Decontamination" 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 removal of contaminating material, such as radioactive materials, biological materials, or CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS, from a person or object.

Descriptor ID	D003666
MeSH Number(s)	N06.850.780.325
Concept/Terms	Decontamination Decontamination

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Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Public Health Practice [N06.850.780]
Decontamination [N06.850.780.325]

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Bar chart showing 8 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2017	0	1	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	0	1	1
2021	0	3	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Decontamination" by people in Profiles.

Gregory A, Mackey C. Drastic Decontamination in a Patient With Anaphylaxis. J Emerg Med. 2021 11; 61(5):e113-e115.

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Chu J, Ghenand O, Collins J, Byrne J, Wentworth A, Chai PR, Dadabhoy F, Hur C, Traverso G. Thinking green: modelling respirator reuse strategies to reduce cost and waste. BMJ Open. 2021 07 18; 11(7):e048687.

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Luc JGY, Ad N, Nguyen TC, Arora RC, Balkhy HH, Bender EM, Bethencourt DM, Bisleri G, Boyd D, Chu MWA, de la Cruz KI, DeAnda A, Engelman DT, Farkas EA, Fedoruk LM, Fiocco M, Forcillo J, Fradet G, Fremes SE, Gammie JS, Geirsson A, Gerdisch MW, Girard LN, Kaiser CA, Kaneko T, Kent WDT, Khabbaz KR, Khoynezhad A, Kiaii B, Lee R, Legare JF, Lehr EJ, MacArthur RGG, McCarthy PM, Mehall JR, Merrill WH, Moon MR, Ouzounian M, Peltz M, Perrault LP, Preventza O, Ramchandani M, Ramlawi B, Salenger R, Sekela ME, Sellke FW, Stulak JM, Sutter FP, Timek TA, Whitman G, Williams JB, Wong DR, Yanagawa B, Ye J, Zeigler SM. Cardiac surgeons' concerns, perceptions, and responses during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Card Surg. 2021 Sep; 36(9):3040-3051.

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Peltier RE, Wang J, Hollenbeck BL, Lanza J, Furtado RM, Cyr J, Ellison RT, Kobayashi KJ. Addressing decontaminated respirators: Some methods appear to damage mask integrity and protective function. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 12; 41(12):1446-1448.

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Perumpail RB, Marya NB, McGinty BL, Muthusamy VR. Endoscope reprocessing: Comparison of drying effectiveness and microbial levels with an automated drying and storage cabinet with forced filtered air and a standard storage cabinet. Am J Infect Control. 2019 09; 47(9):1083-1089.

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Fahey JR, Lyons BL, Olekszak HL, Mourino AJ, Ratiu JJ, Racine JJ, Chapman HD, Serreze DV, Baker DL, Hendrix NK. Antibiotic-associated Manipulation of the Gut Microbiota and Phenotypic Restoration in NOD Mice. Comp Med. 2017 Aug 01; 67(4):335-343.

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Quinn MM, Henneberger PK, Braun B, Delclos GL, Fagan K, Huang V, Knaack JL, Kusek L, Lee SJ, Le Moual N, Maher KA, McCrone SH, Mitchell AH, Pechter E, Rosenman K, Sehulster L, Stephens AC, Wilburn S, Zock JP. Cleaning and disinfecting environmental surfaces in health care: Toward an integrated framework for infection and occupational illness prevention. Am J Infect Control. 2015 May 01; 43(5):424-34.

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Rehman A, Shakoori FR, Shakoori AR. Heavy metal resistant freshwater ciliate, Euplotes mutabilis, isolated from industrial effluents has potential to decontaminate wastewater of toxic metals. Bioresour Technol. 2008 Jun; 99(9):3890-5.

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Rehman A, Shakoori FR, Shakoori AR. Heavy metal resistant ciliate, Euplotes mutabilis, isolated from industrial effluents can decontaminate wastewater of heavy metals. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2006 Jun; 76(6):907-13.

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Bello D, Woskie SR, Streicher RP, Stowe MH, Sparer J, Redlich CA, Cullen MR, Liu Y. A laboratory investigation of the effectiveness of various skin and surface decontaminants for aliphatic polyisocyanates. J Environ Monit. 2005 Jul; 7(7):716-21.

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