"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.
| Descriptor ID |
D003666
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.780.325
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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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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Evaluation of Endotracheal Tube Scraping on Airway Resistance. Respir Care. 2017 Nov; 62(11):1423-1427.
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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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Selective decontamination of the digestive tract: to stimulate or stifle? Intensive Care Med. 2003 May; 29(5):672-6.
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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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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.