Bonewit #3 Word Scramble
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antispetic | substance that kills disease-producing microorganisms but not their spores. an antispitc is usually applied to living tissue |
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 cones 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; this makes the item safe to handle |
detergent | an agent that cleanses by emulsifying dirt & oil |
hazardous chemical | any chemical that presents a threat to the health & safety of an individual coming into contact with it |
incubate | to provide proper conditions for growth & development |
load | the articles that are being sterilized |
material safety data sheet | sheet that provides info regarding a chemical, its hazards, & measures to take to prevent injury & 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 & to reduce the number or mo's to a safe level as determined by public health requirements |
semicritical item | an item that cones 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 protolasm of the bacterial ell |
sterilization | process of destroying all forms of microbial like, including bacterial spores |
thermolabile | easily affected or changed by heat |
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