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<h2 id="methods">Methods</h2> <p>Methods of decontamination include:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Antisepsis/ua05WK9M">Antisepsis</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Disinfection/33fF2QzG">Disinfection</a></li> <li>Physical <a href="/facts/Cleaning/DVzmMbl9">cleaning</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sterilization_(microbiology)/ajVXFl7a">Sterilization (microbiology)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ultrasonic_cleaning/EB2aKIxJ">Ultrasonic cleaning</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Water_purification/rguCGW3q">Water purification</a></li></ul> <p>A variety of decontaminations methods may be used, including physical processes such as <a href="/facts/Distillation/plDvUMxn">distillation</a>, and chemical <a href="/facts/Cleanser/hxpmQJLU">cleansers</a> such as <a href="/facts/Alcohol_(chemistry)/Y0SCTDkh">alcohols</a> and <a href="/facts/Detergent/4FLKXR6p">detergents</a>. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Decontamination_foam/jjbvjAY3">Decontamination foam</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dry_decontamination/W2rM0akK">Dry decontamination</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Environmental_remediation/S6wKBuhm">Environmental remediation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Groundwater_decontamination/ANqKuUTa">Groundwater decontamination</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Human_decontamination/4u9Y0ohJ">Human decontamination</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Soil_decontamination/BzPwKXhM">Soil decontamination</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>""Water Decontamination", in McGraw Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 2004, p 372" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-09. Retrieved 2013-08-16. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200109050430/https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf2004/fpl_2004_rowell002.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200109050430/https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf2004/fpl_2004_rowell002.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Jehaes, Els; Gilissen, Anja; Cassiman, Jean-Jacques; Decorte, Ronny (1998). "Evaluation of a decontamination protocol for hair shafts before mtDNA sequencing". Forensic Science International. 94 (1–2): 65–71. doi:10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00052-8. PMID 9670485. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Health & Safety Executive: Methods of decontamination. Accessed 16 August 2013 <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/biosafety/blood-borne-viruses/methods-of-decontamination.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/biosafety/blood-borne-viruses/methods-of-decontamination.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>