Structured Summary
Abstract
The presence of organisms, or any foreign material that makes a drug preparation impure.
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Synonyms
26 entry terms
- Contamination, Drug
- Drug Contaminations
- Drug Adulteration
- Drug Contamination, Chemical
- Drug Contamination, Microbial
- Drug Contamination, Physical
- Drug Impurity
- Adulteration, Drug
- Chemical Drug Contamination
- Chemical Drug Contaminations
- Contamination, Chemical Drug
- Contamination, Microbial Drug
- Contamination, Physical Drug
- Contaminations, Chemical Drug
- Contaminations, Microbial Drug
- Contaminations, Physical Drug
- Drug Adulterations
- Drug Contaminations, Chemical
- Drug Contaminations, Microbial
- Drug Contaminations, Physical
- Drug Impurities
- Impurity, Drug
- Microbial Drug Contamination
- Microbial Drug Contaminations
- Physical Drug Contamination
- Physical Drug Contaminations
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Aspects Covered
4 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings economics, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data.
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Indexing Annotation
can be used for contamination of any Category D term
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History Note
74; DRUG ADULTERATION was heading 1963-76
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Drug Contamination. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004340. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004340
- Drug Contamination. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70349781