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Disinfection Team

medical workers who go out to the centers of epidemics to carry out terminal disinfection. The team consists of not less than two disinfectors, and it may be headed by a physician, an instructor, or one of the disinfectors. It has at its disposal all types of disinfection equipment and the transport necessary for evacuating the sick to medical institutions. After the sick have been evacuated from an epidemic area, the disinfection team proceeds to carry out disinfection.

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