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Descriptor
English
:
Disinfection
Descriptor
Spanish
:
desinfección
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Desinfecção
Tree Number:
N06.850.780.200.450.850.375
SP8.946.819.820.789
Definition
English
:
Rendering pathogens harmless through the use of heat, antiseptics, antibacterial agents, etc.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
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
History Note
English
:
91(75)63-66; was see under STERILIZATION 1967-90; was heading 1963-66
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MT
methods
OG
organization & administration
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
Record Number:
27987
Unique Identifier:
D004203
Occurrence in VHL
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