Vocabulary Term Details

Disinfection

Definition (http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept?cp=2238&langcode=en&ns=1)

The complex of physical, chemical or mechanical operations undertaken to destroy pathogenic germs. (Gemet)

Preferred Units: N/A

Scope Note:
N/A

Broader Terms	Narrower Terms	Related Terms
Activities	N/A	Disease control Disinfectants Fumigation Hygiene Pathogens Water purification

This term is used for the following terms:
Bacteria control (disinfection)
Fungus control (disinfection)

Approved Date
17-Dec-2013

Items having a keyword or observed-property relationship to this subject term

A report on the infaunal communities within Weston Bay in relation to the sewage outfall at Black Rock
Bioccumulation of halogenated compounds by limpets and fucoid seaweeds in the vicinity by the Black Rock sewage outfall, Weston-Super-Mare
Efficacy and environmental effects of peracetic acid as a sewage disinfectant (231/6/SW)
Investigation into the effect of sewage disinfection on the bioaccumulation of chloroform, bromoform, dibromochloromethane and dichlorobromomethane by fucoid seaweeds
The disinfection of the Manchester Square Outfall, Blackpool, 1993

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