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Descriptor English: Drug Contamination
Descriptor Spanish: Contaminación de Medicamentos
Descriptor contaminación de medicamentos
Entry term(s) adulteración de medicamentos
contaminación física de medicamentos
contaminación microbiana de medicamentos
contaminación química de medicamentos
impureza de la droga
impureza de medicamentos
impureza en el medicamento
impurezas en los fármacos
impurezas en los medicamentos
impurezas en medicamentos
impuridad de medicamentos
Scope note: Presencia de organismos o de cualquier material extraño que hace que una preparación medicamentosa sea impura.
Descriptor Portuguese: Contaminação de Medicamentos
Descriptor French: Contamination de médicament
Entry term(s): Adulteration, Drug
Chemical Drug Contamination
Chemical Drug Contaminations
Contamination, Chemical Drug
Contamination, Drug
Contamination, Microbial Drug
Contamination, Physical Drug
Contaminations, Chemical Drug
Contaminations, Microbial Drug
Contaminations, Physical Drug
Drug Adulteration
Drug Adulterations
Drug Contamination, Chemical
Drug Contamination, Microbial
Drug Contamination, Physical
Drug Contaminations
Drug Contaminations, Chemical
Drug Contaminations, Microbial
Drug Contaminations, Physical
Drug Impurities
Drug Impurity
Impurity, Drug
Microbial Drug Contamination
Microbial Drug Contaminations
Physical Drug Contamination
Physical Drug Contaminations
Tree number(s): N06.850.360
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004340
Scope note: The presence of organisms, or any foreign material that makes a drug preparation impure.
Annotation: can be used for contamination of any Category D term
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
SN statistics & numerical data
Public MeSH Note: 74; DRUG ADULTERATION was heading 1963-76
Online Note: use DRUG CONTAMINATION to search DRUG ADULTERATION 1966-76
History Note: 74; DRUG ADULTERATION was heading 1963-76
DeCS ID: 28478
Unique ID: D004340
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/07/01
Drug Contamination - Preferred
Concept UI M0006827
Scope note The presence of organisms, or any foreign material that makes a drug preparation impure.
Preferred term Drug Contamination
Entry term(s) Contamination, Drug
Drug Contaminations
Drug Impurity - Narrower
Concept UI M0405123
Scope note The presence of chemical substance other than the desired pharmaceutical compound manufactured.
Preferred term Drug Impurity
Entry term(s) Drug Impurities
Impurity, Drug
Drug Adulteration - Narrower
Concept UI M0006826
Scope note The addition of less desirable substance to the drug preparation.
Preferred term Drug Adulteration
Entry term(s) Adulteration, Drug
Drug Adulterations
Drug Contamination, Chemical - Narrower
Concept UI M000649417
Preferred term Drug Contamination, Chemical
Entry term(s) Chemical Drug Contamination
Chemical Drug Contaminations
Contamination, Chemical Drug
Contaminations, Chemical Drug
Drug Contaminations, Chemical
Drug Contamination, Microbial - Narrower
Concept UI M000649418
Preferred term Drug Contamination, Microbial
Entry term(s) Contamination, Microbial Drug
Contaminations, Microbial Drug
Drug Contaminations, Microbial
Microbial Drug Contamination
Microbial Drug Contaminations
Drug Contamination, Physical - Narrower
Concept UI M000649523
Preferred term Drug Contamination, Physical
Entry term(s) Contamination, Physical Drug
Contaminations, Physical Drug
Drug Contaminations, Physical
Physical Drug Contamination
Physical Drug Contaminations



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