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Chapter 3 bonwit
Question | Answer |
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Antiseptic | A substance that kills disease-producing microorganisms but not thier spores.An antiseptic is ususally applied to living tissue |
Autoclave | An apparatus for the sterilization of meterials,using steam under pressure. |
Contaminate | To soil,stain, or pollute; 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 destory pathogens on an item so that it is no longer capable of transmitting disease; this makes the item safe to handle |
Detergent | An agent that cleanes by emulsifying dirt and oil. |
Disinfectant | An agent used to destory pathogens microorganisms but not their spores.Disinfectant are usually applied to inanimate objects. |
Hazardous Chemical | Any chemical that persons a threat to the health and safety of an indivdual coming into contact with it. |
Incubate | To provide proper conditions for growth and development. |
Load | The articles that are being strilized. |
Material saftey data sheet (MSDS) | A sheet that provides information regrading a chemical, its hazards,and meausures to take prevent injury and illness when handling the chemical. |
Noncritical item | An item that comes into contact with intact skin, nbut not 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 requiremnets. |
Semicritical item | An item that come into contact with nonintact skin or intact mucous membranes. |
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 spores. |
Thermolabile | Easily affected or changed by heat. |