0 the process of cleaning something using chemicals that kill bacteria and other organisms (= very small living things) that cause disease:
These diseases have the ability to withstand traditional methods of sterilization and disinfection.
Water and wastewater treatment facilities usually rely on chlorine for disinfection.
Any water discharged back into the sea is first subjected to disinfection with ozone.
This bacteria is a difficult organism, resistant to disinfection and antibiotics.
The pool's filters and disinfection systems were found to be faulty.
The effect of cleaning and disinfection is dependent on the surface material.
In the latter study, each reported case of pathogen transmission was associated with a recognized breach of endoscope cleaning and disinfection guidelines or defective equipment.
She explored the kinetics of disinfection, showing by calculations using data collected by others that disinfection followed first-order kinetics.
