| D008506 |
Medical Waste |
Blood, mucus, tissue removed at surgery or autopsy, soiled surgical dressings, and other materials requiring special disposal procedures. |
Pathological Waste,Waste, Medical,Waste, Pathological,Medical Wastes,Pathological Wastes,Wastes, Medical,Wastes, Pathological |
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| D004202 |
Disinfectants |
Substances used on inanimate objects that destroy harmful microorganisms or inhibit their activity. Disinfectants are classed as complete, destroying SPORES as well as vegetative forms of microorganisms, or incomplete, destroying only vegetative forms of the organisms. They are distinguished from ANTISEPTICS, which are local anti-infective agents used on humans and other animals. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 11th ed) |
Biocide,Disinfectant,Biocides |
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| D006761 |
Hospitals |
Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients. |
Hospital |
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| D012722 |
Sewage |
Refuse liquid or waste matter carried off by sewers. |
Sludge,Sludge Flocs |
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| D014865 |
Waste Disposal, Fluid |
The discarding or destroying of liquid waste products or their transformation into something useful or innocuous. |
Disposal, Fluid Waste,Disposals, Fluid Waste,Fluid Waste Disposal,Fluid Waste Disposals,Waste Disposals, Fluid |
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| D014866 |
Waste Products |
Debris resulting from a process that is of no further use to the system producing it. The concept includes materials discharged from or stored in a system in inert form as a by-product of vital activities. (From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981) |
Product, Waste,Products, Waste,Waste Product |
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