 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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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Decontamination" by people in Profiles.
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Alshaikh E, Issa F, Hertelendy AJ, Davis T, Rizek J, DiGregorio D, Eboreime EA, Kung J, Voskanyan A, Ciottone G. Pediatric Decontamination Considerations in CBRN Events: A Scoping Review. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2025 Dec 01; 19:e333.
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Alshaikh E, Hertelendy AJ, Issa F, Davis T, DiGregorio D, Kung J, Franc JM, Voskanyan A, Ciottone G. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Dry Decontamination Methods for Hazmat Incidents: A Scoping Review. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2025 Jun 23; 19:e160.
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Watkin S, Dunn H, Ready D, Rennie K, Soares A, Ciric L, Cloutman-Green E. Two-step or one-step - are all methods for neonatal incubator decontamination equal? J Hosp Infect. 2024 Nov; 153:50-54.
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Fallon M, Kennedy S, Daniels S, Humphreys H. Technologies to decontaminate bacterial biofilm on hospital surfaces: a potential new role for cold plasma? J Med Microbiol. 2022 Oct; 71(10).
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Lendvay TS, Chen J, Harcourt BH, Scholte FEM, Lin YL, Kilinc-Balci FS, Lamb MM, Homdayjanakul K, Cui Y, Price A, Heyne B, Sahni J, Kabra KB, Lin YC, Evans D, Mores CN, Page K, Chu LF, Haubruge E, Thiry E, Ludwig-Begall LF, Wielick C, Clark T, Wagner T, Timm E, Gallagher T, Faris P, Macia N, Mackie CJ, Simmons SM, Reader S, Malott R, Hope K, Davies JM, Tritsch SR, Dams L, Nauwynck H, Willaert JF, De Jaeger S, Liao L, Zhao M, Laperre J, Jolois O, Smit SJ, Patel AN, Mayo M, Parker R, Molloy-Simard V, Lemyre JL, Chu S, Conly JM, Chu MC. Addressing personal protective equipment (PPE) decontamination: Methylene blue and light inactivates severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on N95 respirators and medical masks with maintenance of integrity and fit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 07; 43(7):876-885.
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Mir SA, Dar BN, Shah MA, Sofi SA, Hamdani AM, Oliveira CAF, Hashemi Moosavi M, Mousavi Khaneghah A, Sant'Ana AS. Application of new technologies in decontamination of mycotoxins in cereal grains: Challenges, and perspectives. Food Chem Toxicol. 2021 Feb; 148:111976.
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Kearney AD, Boyle MA, Babu SK, Fallon M, Segurado R, Codd M, O'Rourke J, Stevens NT, Carling PC, Daniels S, Humphreys H. Challenges in assessing contamination levels and novel decontamination technologies in the critical care setting. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 05; 41(5):622-623.
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Chung S, Baum CR, Nyquist AC. Chemical-Biological Terrorism and Its Impact on Children. Pediatrics. 2020 02; 145(2).
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Chung S, Baum CR, Nyquist AC. Chemical-Biological Terrorism and Its Impact on Children. Pediatrics. 2020 02; 145(2).
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Mitchell CM, McGrath A, Beck B, Schurr MJ, Fong D, Leszczynski JK, Manuel CA. Low-cost, Small-scale Decontamination of Laboratory Equipment by Using Chlorine Dioxide Gas. J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2019 09 01; 58(5):569-576.
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