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Bonewit #3
Sterilization and Disinfection -Libby
Question | Answer |
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Antiseptic | a substance that kills disease-producing microorganisms but not their spores. |
Autoclave | an apparatus for the sterilization of materials, using steam under pressure. |
Contaminate | to soil, stain, or pollute; to make impure. |
Critical item | an item that comes in contact with sterile tissue or the vascular system |
Decontamination | the use of physical or chemical means to remove or destroy pathogens on an item so that it is no longer capable of transmitting disease. |
detergent | an agent that cleanses by emulsifying dirt and oil |
disinfectant | an agent used to destroy pathogenic microorganisms but not their spores. |
Hazardous chemical | any chemical that presents a threat to the health and safety of an individual coming into contact with it. |
incubate | to provide proper conditions for growth and development |
load | the articles that are being sterilized |
material safety data sheet MSDS | a sheet that provides info regarding a chemical, its hazards, and measures to take to prevent injury |
Noncritical item | an item that comes into contact with intact skin, but not with mucous membranes. |
Sanitization | a process to remove organic matter from an article and to reduce the number of microorganisms to a safe level as determined by public health requirements |
semicritical item | an item that comes into contact with nonintact skin or intact mucous membranes |
Spore | a hard, thick-walled capsule formed by some bacteria that contains only essential parts of the protoplasm of the bacterial cell |
sterilization | the process of destroying all forms of microbial life, including bacterial spores |
Thermolabile | easily affected or changed by heat |