Sanitation

n.

1.

The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene. How much sanitation has advanced during the last half century. - H. Hartshorne.

Noun	1.	sanitation - the state of being clean and conducive to health
	2.	sanitation - making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing Synonyms: sanitisation, sanitization

antisepsis, decontamination, disinfection, disinfestation, epidemiology, flash pasteurization, fumigation, health physics, hygenics, hygiene, hygienics, mental hygiene, pasteurization, preventive dentistry, preventive medicine, prophylactic psychology, prophylactodontia, prophylaxis, public health, sterilization