Health Care

Equipment Contamination

The presence of an infectious agent on instruments, prostheses, or other inanimate articles.

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Abstract

The presence of an infectious agent on instruments, prostheses, or other inanimate articles.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Contamination, Equipment
  • Contaminations, Equipment
  • Equipment Contaminations

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4 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data.

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  1. N06.850w.540

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Equipment Contamination. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004866. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004866
  2. Equipment Contamination. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70439366