"Drug Contamination" 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.
The presence of organisms, or any foreign material that makes a drug preparation impure.
| Descriptor ID |
D004340
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.360
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| Concept/Terms |
Drug Contamination- Drug Contamination
- Contamination, Drug
- Contaminations, Drug
- Drug Contaminations
Drug Adulteration- Drug Adulteration
- Adulteration, Drug
- Adulterations, Drug
- Drug Adulterations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Contamination" by people in Profiles.
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Serratia marcescens bacteremia because of contaminated prefilled heparin and saline syringes: a multi-state report. Am J Infect Control. 2011 Aug; 39(6):521-4.
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Multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infections caused by contamination of prefilled heparin and isotonic sodium chloride solution syringes. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Oct 12; 169(18):1705-11.
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Lessons from an epidemic, again. N Engl J Med. 2001 May 17; 344(20):1544-5.
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Contaminated commercial charcoal as a source of fungi in the respiratory tract. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1991 Dec; 12(12):732-4.
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Association of infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotype O11 with intravenous abuse of pentazocine mixed with tripelennamine. J Clin Microbiol. 1984 Oct; 20(4):758-62.
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Selected aspects of nosocomial infections in the 1980s. Am J Med. 1984 Jul 31; 77(1B):3-10.