 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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Decontamination" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Decontamination" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Decontamination" by people in Profiles.
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Dai T, Murray CK, Vrahas MS, Baer DG, Tegos GP, Hamblin MR. Ultraviolet C light for Acinetobacter baumannii wound infections in mice: potential use for battlefield wound decontamination? J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Sep; 73(3):661-7.
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Kieff D, Fink D. Decontamination of nasal atomizer tips: alcohol versus guards. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011 Sep; 145(3):411-3.
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Carbaugh EH, Lynch TP, Cannon CN, Lewis LL. Case study: three acute 241Am inhalation exposures with DTPA therapy. Health Phys. 2010 Oct; 99(4):539-46.
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Reinhart K, Brunkhorst FM, Bone HG, Bardutzky J, Dempfle CE, Forst H, Gastmeier P, Gerlach H, Gründling M, John S, Kern W, Kreymann G, Krüger W, Kujath P, Marggraf G, Martin J, Mayer K, Meier-Hellmann A, Oppert M, Putensen C, Quintel M, Ragaller M, Rossaint R, Seifert H, Spies C, Stüber F, Weiler N, Weimann A, Werdan K, Welte T. [Prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care of sepsis. First revision of the S2k Guidelines of the German Sepsis Society (DSG) and the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive and Emergency Care Medicine (DIVI)]. Anaesthesist. 2010 Apr; 59(4):347-70.
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Beam EL, Boulter KC, Freihaut F, Schwedhelm S, Smith PW. The Nebraska experience in biocontainment patient care. Public Health Nurs. 2010 Mar-Apr; 27(2):140-7.
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Merlin MA, Wong ML, Pryor PW, Rynn K, Marques-Baptista A, Perritt R, Stanescu CG, Fallon T. Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on the stethoscopes of emergency medical services providers. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2009 Jan-Mar; 13(1):71-4.
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Joshi A, Punyani S, Bale SS, Yang H, Borca-Tasciuc T, Kane RS. Nanotube-assisted protein deactivation. Nat Nanotechnol. 2008 Jan; 3(1):41-5.
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Siempos II, Falagas ME. Oral decontamination with chlorhexidine reduces the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia. Crit Care. 2007; 11(1):402; author reply 402.
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Chen SY, Moeller DW, Dornsife WP, Meyer HR, Lamastra A, Lubenau JO, Strom DJ, Yusko JG. Toward the framework and implementation for clearance of materials from regulated facilities. Health Phys. 2005 Aug; 89(2):115-26.
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O'Keefe KL, Pinzon LM, Rivera B, Powers JM. Bond strength of composite to astringent-contaminated dentin using self-etching adhesives. Am J Dent. 2005 Jun; 18(3):168-72.
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