XExtension Codes
Dimensions of external causes
Aspects of incidents related to devices
XE4XWContamination or decontamination problem
XE9L2Contamination during use
XE2AR
category
Contamination of device ingredient or reagent
Definition Problem associated with the undesired introduction of impurities either chemical or microbiological in nature, or of foreign matter into or onto the device ingredient or reagent.
Also indexed as
Contamination of device ingredient or reagent
Nearby in Contamination during use
International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).
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