decontamination

Preferred Label : decontamination;

MeSH definition : The removal of contaminating material, such as radioactive materials, biological materials, or CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS, from a person or object.;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decontamination;

Details

Origin ID

D003666;

UMLS CUI

C0011121;

Allowable qualifiers
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cleaning of drug injection equipment (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Decontamination [DeCS]
- Decontamination (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Indexing information
- bodedex [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- decontamination [MeSH concept]
See also
- chemical warfare [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]

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