"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.
Descriptor ID |
D003666
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MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.780.325
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2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
2018 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2020 | 25 | 12 | 37 |
2021 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Decontamination" by people in Profiles.
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Size-Specific Filtration Performance of N95 Respirators After Decontamination by Moist Heat Incubation. J Aerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv. 2022 01; 35(1):41-49.
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Mask decontamination methods (model N95) for respiratory protection: a rapid review. Syst Rev. 2021 08 07; 10(1):219.
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Instrument Set Decontamination Workflows Designed for Success in Sterile Processing. AORN J. 2021 08; 114(2):149-157.
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UV decontamination of personal protective equipment with idle laboratory biosafety cabinets during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One. 2021; 16(7):e0241734.
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Vapourized hydrogen peroxide decontamination in a hospital setting inactivates SARS-CoV-2 and HCoV-229E without compromising filtration efficiency of unexpired N95 respirators. Am J Infect Control. 2021 10; 49(10):1227-1231.
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Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 by Simulated Sunlight on Contaminated Surfaces. Microbiol Spectr. 2021 09 03; 9(1):e0033321.
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Heat-Treated Virus Inactivation Rate Depends Strongly on Treatment Procedure: Illustration with SARS-CoV-2. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2021 09 10; 87(19):e0031421.
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Thinking green: modelling respirator reuse strategies to reduce cost and waste. BMJ Open. 2021 07 18; 11(7):e048687.
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In-House Filtration Efficiency Assessment of Vapor Hydrogen Peroxide Decontaminated Filtering Facepiece Respirators (FFRs). Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 07 04; 18(13).
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Safety and structural integrity of N95/PFF2 respirators decontamination. Am J Infect Control. 2021 10; 49(10):1221-1226.