Sanitation

sanitation /san·i·ta·tion/ (san?i-ta´shun) the establishment of conditions favorable to health.

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san·i·ta·tion (sn-tshn)

n.

1. Formulation and application of measures designed to protect public health.

2. Disposal of sewage.

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Sanitation

The process of keeping drinking water, foods, or any anything else with which people come into contact free of microorganisms such as viruses.

Mentioned in: Hepatitis E

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sanitation,

n the science of maintaining a healthful, disease- and hazard-free environment.

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sanitation

the establishment of conditions favorable to health, especially with respect to infectious diseases. Includes disposal of infective materials, especially carcasses, discharges and excrement, application of disinfectants and general cleaning to make disinfection effective, isolation of infective animals and improvement in ventilation of buildings, improving feeding and watering arrangements to avoid fecal and urinary contamination of food and water.