| 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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| D006785 |
Hospitals, University |
Hospitals maintained by a university for the teaching of medical students, postgraduate training programs, and clinical research. |
University Hospitals |
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| D001419 |
Bacteria |
One of the three domains of life (the others being Eukarya and ARCHAEA), also called Eubacteria. They are unicellular prokaryotic microorganisms which generally possess rigid cell walls, multiply by cell division, and exhibit three principal forms: round or coccal, rodlike or bacillary, and spiral or spirochetal. Bacteria can be classified by their response to OXYGEN: aerobic, anaerobic, or facultatively anaerobic; by the mode by which they obtain their energy: chemotrophy (via chemical reaction) or PHOTOTROPHY (via light reaction); for chemotrophs by their source of chemical energy: CHEMOLITHOTROPHY (from inorganic compounds) or chemoorganotrophy (from organic compounds); and by their source for CARBON; NITROGEN; etc.; HETEROTROPHY (from organic sources) or AUTOTROPHY (from CARBON DIOXIDE). They can also be classified by whether or not they stain (based on the structure of their CELL WALLS) with CRYSTAL VIOLET dye: gram-negative or gram-positive. |
Eubacteria |
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| D001673 |
Biodegradation, Environmental |
Elimination of ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES and other waste using living organisms, usually involving intervention of environmental or sanitation engineers. |
Bioremediation,Phytoremediation,Natural Attenuation, Pollution,Environmental Biodegradation,Pollution Natural Attenuation |
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| D012577 |
Schools, Medical |
Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of medicine. |
Medical Schools,Medical School,School, Medical |
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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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