 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.
The removal of contaminating material, such as radioactive materials, biological materials, or CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS, from a person or object.
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D003666
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.780.325
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Decontamination" by people in Profiles.
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Scott JB, Dubosky MN, Vines DL, Sulaiman AS, Jendral KR, Singh G, Patel A, Kaplan CA, Gurka DP, Balk RA. Evaluation of Endotracheal Tube Scraping on Airway Resistance. Respir Care. 2017 Nov; 62(11):1423-1427.
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Hota B, Blom DW, Lyle EA, Weinstein RA, Hayden MK. Interventional evaluation of environmental contamination by vancomycin-resistant enterococci: failure of personnel, product, or procedure? J Hosp Infect. 2009 Feb; 71(2):123-31.
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Bonten MJ, Brun-Buisson C, Weinstein RA. Selective decontamination of the digestive tract: to stimulate or stifle? Intensive Care Med. 2003 May; 29(5):672-6.
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Bonten MJ, Weinstein RA. Infection control in intensive care units and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Semin Respir Infect. 2000 Dec; 15(4):327-35.
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Wiener J, Itokazu G, Nathan C, Kabins SA, Weinstein RA. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of selective digestive decontamination in a medical-surgical intensive care unit. Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Apr; 20(4):861-7.
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