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Bonewit chapter 3
Sterilization and Disinfection -Bri
Question | Answer |
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Antiseptic | a substance that kills disease-producing microrganisms but not their spores. An antiseptic is usually applied to iving tissue. |
Autoclave | an apparatus for the sterilization of materials using steam under pressure. |
Contaminate | to soil,stain, or pollute to make impure. |
Crititcal item | An item of physical or chemical means to remove or destroy pathogens on an item so that it is no longer capablr of transmitting disease; this makes the items safe to handle |
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 diseas; this makes the item safe to handle. |
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 idividual 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 | a sheet that provides information regarding a chemical its hazards, and measures to take to prevent injury and illness when handling the chemical. |
Noncritical item | an item that comes into contact with intact skin, but not with mucous membrane. |
Sanitization | a process to remove organic matter from an article and to reduce the number of mos to a safe level as determined by public health requrements. |
Semicritical item | an item that comes into contact with nonintact skin or intact mucous membrane, |
Spore | a hard thick walled capsule formed by some bacteria that contains only the essential parts of the protoplasm of the bacterial cell. |
Sterilization | The process of destroying all forms of microbial life including bacterial cell. |
Thermolabile | Easily affected or changed by heat |