ONKI3 | Medical Subject Headings

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Hierarchy:	Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Environment and Public Health ∟ Public Health ∟ Public Health Practice ∟ Communicable Disease Control ∟ Infection Control ∟ Sterilization 4 coordinate concepts 1 subordinate concept ∟ Disinfection ∟ Antisepsis \| ∟ Infection Control, Dental \| ∟ Patient Isolation \| ∟ Quarantine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Health Occupations ∟ Medicine ∟ Specialties, Medical ∟ Public Health ∟ Public Health Practice ∟ Communicable Disease Control ∟ Infection Control ∟ Sterilization 4 coordinate concepts 1 subordinate concept ∟ Disinfection ∟ Antisepsis \| ∟ Infection Control, Dental \| ∟ Patient Isolation \| ∟ Quarantine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Population Characteristics ∟ Health ∟ Public Health ∟ Public Health Practice ∟ Communicable Disease Control ∟ Infection Control ∟ Sterilization 4 coordinate concepts 1 subordinate concept ∟ Disinfection ∟ Antisepsis \| ∟ Infection Control, Dental \| ∟ Patient Isolation \| ∟ Quarantine X
Broader terms:	Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Environment and Public Health ∟ Public Health ∟ Public Health Practice ∟ Communicable Disease Control ∟ Infection Control ∟ Sterilization Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Health Occupations ∟ Medicine ∟ Specialties, Medical ∟ Public Health ∟ Public Health Practice ∟ Communicable Disease Control ∟ Infection Control ∟ Sterilization Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) ∟ Population Characteristics ∟ Health ∟ Public Health ∟ Public Health Practice ∟ Communicable Disease Control ∟ Infection Control ∟ Sterilization Infection Control > Communicable Disease Control > Public Health Practice > Public Health > Environment and Public Health > Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Infection Control > Communicable Disease Control > Public Health Practice > Public Health > Specialties, Medical > Medicine > Health Occupations > Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Infection Control > Communicable Disease Control > Public Health Practice > Public Health > Health > Population Characteristics > Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) X
Narrower terms:	Disinfection X
Annotation:	of the environment, not sexual; differentiate from DISINFECTION: DISINFECTION renders matter free of pathogens, STERILIZATION destroys all microbes; if in doubt, use the word of the text X
Scope note:	The destroying of all forms of life, especially microorganisms, by heat, chemical, or other means. X
activeMeSHYear*:	1995 \| 1996 \| 1997 \| 1998 \| 1999 \| 2000 \| 2001 \| 2002 \| 2003 \| 2004 \| 2005 \| 2006 \| 2007X
dateCreated*:	1999-01-01X
dateRevised*:	1994-05-05X
recordAuthorizer*:	PLSX
recordMaintainer*:	TGCX
recordOriginator*:	NLMX
Type:	Concept X
Coordinate terms:	Antisepsis \| Infection Control, Dental \| Patient Isolation \| Quarantine X
URI:	X
Labels and equivalent concepts:	Sterilointi (puhdistaminen) (fi) Sterilointi (fi, replaced) Sterilisaatio (fi, replaced) Sterilisering (sv) Autoklav (sv, replaced) Sterilisatio (la-FI, replaced) X
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