Sterilization & Disinfection- Brooklynn Crowe
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| Antiseptic | A substance that kills disease-producing microorganisms but not their spores. An antiseptic is usually applied to living tissue.
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| Autoclave | An apparatus for the sterilization of materials, using steam to living
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| Contaminate | To soil,stain or pollute;to make impure.
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| 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;this makes the item safe to handle.
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| Detergent | An agent that cleanses by emulsifying dirt and oil.
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| Disinfectant | An agent used to destroy pathogenic microorganisms but not their spores. Disinfectants are usually applied to inanimate objects
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| Hazardous chemical | Any chemical presents a threat to the health and safety of individual coming into contact with it.
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| Incubate | To provide proper conditions for growth and development.
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| Load | The articles that are being sterilized.
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| MSDS | A sheet that provides information regarding a chemical, its hazards, and measures to take to prevent injury and illness when handling the chemical.
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| thermolabile | Easily affected or changed.
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| Sterilization | the process of destroying all forms of microbial life, including bacterial spores.
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| Noncritical item | An item that comes into contact with intact skin,but not with mucous membranes
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| critical item | An item that comes in contact with sterile tissue or the vascular system.
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| disinfectant | An agent used to destroy pathogenic microorganisms but not their spores; usually applied to inanimate objects.
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| 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.
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| spore | A hard, thick-walled capsule formed by some bacteria that contains only the essential parts of the protoplasm of the bacterial cell.
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