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Descriptor English: Medical Waste
Descriptor Spanish: Residuos Sanitarios
Descriptor residuos sanitarios
Entry term(s) residuos anatomopatológicos
residuos de anatomía patológica
residuos de servicios de salud
residuos de servicios sanitarios
residuos médicos
Scope note: Sangre, moco, tejido retirado en intervenciones quirúrgicas o autopsias, apósitos quirúrgicos sucios y otros materiales que requieran procedimientos especiales de eliminación.
Descriptor Portuguese: Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde
Descriptor French: Déchets médicaux
Entry term(s): Déchet médical
Déchets anatomiques ou infectieux
Tree number(s): D20.944.460
N06.850.460.710.460
SP4.895.141.890.720
VS3.002.001.001.011.001.001
VS4.001.001.005.001.003.003
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008506
Scope note: Blood, mucus, tissue removed at surgery or autopsy, soiled surgical dressings, and other materials requiring special disposal procedures.
Annotation: DENTAL WASTE is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: AE effets indésirables
AN analyse
CL classification
EC économie
ES éthique
HI histoire
LJ législation et jurisprudence
PC prévention et contrôle
SN statistiques et données numériques
Related: Pathogènes transmissibles par le sang MeSH
DeCS ID: 8673
Unique ID: D008506
NLM Classification: WA 790
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/05/13
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Déchets médicaux - Preferred
Concept UI M0013240
Preferred term Déchets médicaux
Entry term(s) Déchet médical
Déchets anatomiques ou infectieux - Narrower
Concept UI M0013241
Preferred term Déchets anatomiques ou infectieux



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