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

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  • of the environment, not sexual; differentiate from DISINFECTION: DISINFECTION renders matter free of pathogens, STERILIZATION destroys all microbes; if in doubt, use the word of the text

Scope note

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

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