"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Decontamination" by people in Profiles.
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Use of selective gut decontamination in critically ill children: PICnIC a pilot RCT and mixed-methods study. Health Technol Assess. 2024 02; 28(8):1-84.
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Selective digestive tract decontamination to prevent healthcare associated infections in critically ill children: the PICNIC multicentre randomised pilot clinical trial. Sci Rep. 2023 12 07; 13(1):21668.
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Cardiac surgeons' concerns, perceptions, and responses during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Card Surg. 2021 Sep; 36(9):3040-3051.
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Evaluation of N95 respirator ultraviolet decontamination and clinical reuse with quantitative fit testing. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 09; 43(9):1272-1274.
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Efficacy and safety of decontamination for N95 respirator reuse: a systematic literature search and narrative synthesis. Can J Anaesth. 2020 Dec; 67(12):1814-1823.
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Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation to Decontaminate Filtering Face Piece Respirators During COVID-19 Pandemic. S D Med. 2020 05; 73(5):212-216.
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Infection control, genetic assessment of drug resistance and drug susceptibility testing in the current management of multidrug/extensively-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB) in Europe: A tuberculosis network European Trialsgroup (TBNET) study. Respir Med. 2017 Nov; 132:68-75.
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Shoe soles as a potential vector for pathogen transmission: a systematic review. J Appl Microbiol. 2016 Nov; 121(5):1223-1231.
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Biofilm on the tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis: considerations for oral decontamination. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2017 Jan; 274(1):405-413.
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Effect of a preoperative decontamination protocol on surgical site infections in patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery with hardware implantation. JAMA Surg. 2015 May; 150(5):390-5.