DeCS

Descriptor English:

Disinfection

Descriptor Spanish:

Desinfección

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	desinfección
Scope note:	Neutralización de patógenos mediante el uso de calor, antisépticos, agentes ANTIBACTERIANOS, etc.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Desinfecção

Descriptor French:

Désinfection

Tree number(s):

N06.850.780.200.450.850.375

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004203

Scope note:

Rendering pathogens harmless through the use of heat, antiseptics, antibacterial agents, etc.

Annotation:

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

Allowable Qualifiers:

CL classification
EC économie
ES éthique
HI histoire
IS instrumentation
LJ législation et jurisprudence
MT méthodes
OG organisation et administration
SN statistiques et données numériques
ST normes
TD tendances

DeCS ID:

27987

Unique ID:

D004203

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1991/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2008/07/08