Question | Answer |
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 diseases. |
Detergent | An agent that cleanses by emulsifying dirt and oil. |
Disinfectant | An agent that is 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 article that are being sterilized. |
Material Safety data sheet (MSDS) | 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 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 nonitact 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 wall. |
Sterilization | The process of destroying all forms of microbial life, including bacterial cells. |
Thermolabile | Easily affected or changed by heat. |