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... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Infection Control > Sterilization > Disinfection
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Disinfection  

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Note

  • differentiate from STERILIZATION: DISINFECTION renders matter free of pathogens, STERILIZATION destroys all microbes; if in doubt, use the word of the text; disinfection of needles using household bleach Clorox, as by intravenous drug users, is indexed under DISINFECTION + NEEDLES + SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE

Scope note

  • Rendering pathogens harmless through the use of heat, antiseptics, antibacterial agents, etc.

History note

  • 91(75)63-66; was see under STERILIZATION 1967-90; was heading 1963-66

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004203

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