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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Anne McCaffrey]] and [[Mercedes Lackey]] used this in ''[[The Ship Who...]] Searched'': the planet on which the Cades are working at the opening of the story is a Mars-type planet with an atmosphere that humans can't breathe, but which can support other types of life. Unfortunately. Decontamination procedures are required whenever someone comes in through the airlock. Readers are treated to some graphic depictions of what can happen when decontamination procedures prove inadequate or aren't followed properly.
* [[Circle of Magic|Briar's Book, or The Healing In The Vine]] as it's known in the UK, features a horrible plague, and Briar and his teacher Rosethorn are exposed to it and have to set up briefly in a plague house, trying to tend the dying. People who haven't been exposed yet can go in and out in special magic-treated clothes, scrubbing themselves and burning the clothes when they leave. Very unsexy. Also, one of Briar's housemates assists in the search for the cure, which involves handling the distilled disease inside of a greenhouse, and lots of decontamination both going in and coming out. Also very unsexy.
* ''[[Lensman]]''. It's mentioned that the Galactic Patrol base on Trenco has to have thorough decon procedures as the native life is so voracious that the base has been depopulated several times; even the smallest form of life rapidly reproduces and eats everything else.
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* As shown above, used in ''[[The Middleman]]'' with great glee. Or, as MM himself said, "Quit your grinnin' and drop your linen!"
* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'', oddly enough, in the episode about scent.
* In the ''[[Star Trek: The
** Later [[Star Trek]] series's mention that the transporters do this themselves. It's used as a plot point in one episode.
* ''[[Star Trek:
* Averted on ''[[ER]]'', when a benzene-exposed Carter is hastily stripped and hosed down in a prefab shower-stall in the ambulance bay. Not played for Fanservice, either.
* Kate and Tony spend a few nights in a special quarantine chamber on ''[[NCIS]]'' after a possible exposure to terrorist-delivered plague. They debate whether the blue lights in the chamber actually destroy bacteria, or are merely there as a placebo to ease their fears. This would be an aversion, except for the [[Shower Scene]] involving them and Gibbs earlier in the episode.
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* In the inevitable sewer mission in the game ''Dark Forces'', the briefing mentions having the decontamination shower warmed up a ready when you return.
* ''[[System Shock]] 2'' contains one, but it's only partly functional because you have to stand directly under the spray.
* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' has "[https://web.archive.org/web/20111230034702/http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Contaminant contaminants]" ranging from useful but annoying mud to contact poisons quickly and hideously killing anyone, and they all stick to the boots of any passing dorf. These guys aren't smart enough to go wash before they got the whole town splattered with this crap, so frequently visited places have to be protected by measures like [[Cave Behind the Falls|shower entrances]], whether in trap-like setup or constantly pumping.
* Done in ''[[Quake 4|Quake IV]]'' after coming aboard the starship.
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