Disinfection

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008168",
  "term": "Disinfection",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The process designed to kill most microorganisms in water, including essentially all pathogenic (disease-causing) bacteria. There are several ways to disinfect, with chlorine being most frequently used in water treatment.\n\n2. The killing or inactivation of human-disease-causing microorganisms or pathogens.\n\n3. A chemical or physical process that kills pathogenic organisms.\n\n4. A chemical that destroys vegetative forms of harmful microorganisms, but does not ordinarily kill bacterial spores.\n\n5. Killing of infectious agents outside the body by direct exposure to chemical or physical agents. [MERREA 2005]\n\n6. The process designed to kill most microorganisms in water, including essentially all pathogens. [CRCWQT 2002]\n\n7. Process which inactivates pathogenic organisms in water by chemical oxidants or equivalent agent.\n\n8. A chemical or physical agent that destroys pathogenic or other harmful microorganisms, but not bacterial spores on inanimate surfaces (EPA, DHS, November 2008).",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms; Drinking Water Technical and Legal Terms",
    "Urban Watershed Management Research Terminology",
    "I-BEAM Glossary of Terms",
    "EPA 2005e",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "40 CFR 141.2 (CFR 2018)",
    "EPA Emergency Responder Health and Safety Manual, Chapter 9: Chemical and Biological Agents"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/disinfection/"
}