Decontamination

Decontamination: Removal of harmful substances such as noxious chemicals, harmful bacteria or other organisms, or radioactive material from exposed individuals, rooms and furnishings in buildings, or the exterior environment.

decontamination
Process of rendering harmless (by neutralization, elimination, removal etc.) a potentially toxic substance in the natural environment, laboratory areas, the workplace, other indoor areas, clothes, food, water, sewage etc.

decontamination: Decontamination is a process through which the presence of radioactive materials (or other hazardous materials) are removed from surfaces (e.g., laboratory working areas) through cleaning and washing.

Decontamination: The use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, ...

Decontamination
Removal of harmful substances from exposed individuals, rooms and furnishings in buildings, or the exterior environment.
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Decontamination
The reduction or removal of contaminating radioactive material from a structure, area, object, or person.
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Definition (english only)
The removing of chemical, biological, or radiological contamination from, or the neutralizing of it on a person, object, or area.

Decontamination
A general expression applied to situations where undesirable Contamination is removed from plant, fixtures, fittings or people.

The decontamination of fluids and surfaces. To disinfect a fluid or surface a variety of techniques are used, such as ozone disinfection. Often disinfection means eliminating the present microrganisms with a biocide.
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Electrokinetic decontamination
a method of removing metals and other inorganic pollutants from contaminated soils using electrodes ...

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Observe and record results once a week as long as possible over the school year.
Dispose of containers after decontamination by heat sterilization or chemical disinfection following the instructions in Pogosian's article "Safety in Microbiology ...

See also: Environment, Contamination, Environmental, Water, Air