Bonewit chapter 3 Word Scramble
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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 preasure. |
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 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 and oil. |
Disinfectant | An agent used to destroy pathogenic organisms 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 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. |
Non critical item | An item that comes into contact with intact skin,but does not come into contact with the mucus membranes |
Sanitization | A process to remove organic matter from a article and to reduce the number of microorganisms to a safety level as determined by public health requirements. |
Semicritical item | An item thet comes into contact with nonintact skin or intact mucous membranes. |
Spore | A hard thick walled capsule formed by some bacteria the contains only the essential parts of the protoplasm of the bacteria cell. |
Sterilization | The process of destroying all forms of microbial life,including bacteria spores. |
Thermolabile | Easily effected or changed by heat. |
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