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Micro Chapter 9 KC

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1. Compare moist heat methods of microbial control to dry heat control?
2. Scrubbing or immersing the skin in chemicals to reduce the numbers of microbes on the skin is called
3. What types of control agents would be used to achieve sterility?
4. The betadine swab before blood donation is an example of _______.
5. Give the characteristics of alcohol.
6. The alcohol wipe before an injection is an example of _______.
7. What factors will influence the action of antimicrobial agents?
8. How do heavy metals work?
9. Surfactants work by ________.
10. Agents that can denature microbial proteins include
11. Disinfection of beverages, such as apple juice, milk, and wine, is optimally achieved by _______.
12. Which items are typically irradiated in order to kill microbes?
13. HEPA filters are used to remove microbes from ________.
14. Discuss all characteristics that pertain to hypochlorites
15. This is a halogen used in gaseous and liquid form for large-scale disinfection of drinking water and sewage.
16. The compound that is an organic base containing chlorine and two phenolic rings, and is used increasingly for mucous membrane irrigation, obstetrical washes, hand scrubbing, and prepping surgical skin sites is ______.
17. Lis all substances to be used as an antiseptic
18. How does Antimicrobial agents can target the cell walls
19. What mechanism represents the use of osmotic pressure as a microbial control method?
20. Which pair of physical control methods will achieve complete sterilization?
21. Temperature and time must be considered when determining susceptibility of microbes to lethal conditions. At a specific temperature, the thermal death _____ can be determined, alternatively, the thermal death _____ can be assessed as the lowest temperature that will kill a test organism
22. Discuss the characteristic of dry heat
23. Beginning Fall 2017, the FDA banned the use of phenolic compounds, such as triclosan, in consumer soaps and lotions. This is due to ________.
24. Chlorhexidine kills microbes by ________.
25. All of the following are disadvantages to using compounds containing heavy metals, except ________.
26. The use of aldehydes as antimicrobial agents is limited due to ________.
27. What are the advantages and disadvantages to using ortho-phthalaldehyde and glutaraldehyde
28. What are the advantages and disadvantages using ethylene oxide and moist heat sterilization
29. A(n) _________ would be used to destroy bacteria on a countertop whereas a(n) _________ would be used on skin prior to making an incision.
30. Choose the microbial control method that neither inhibits nor kills microbes, but instead physically removes them from liquids or air.
31. Describe the antimicrobial activity of chlorhexidine.
32. What microbial forms have the highest resistance to physical and chemical controls?
33. The process that destroys or removes all microorganisms and microbial forms including bacterial endospores on inanimate objects is ______.
34. The process of using a cleansing technique to mechanically remove and reduce microorganisms and debris to safe levels is _______.
35. The use of a physical or chemical process to destroy vegetative pathogens is, how is it used?
36. The easiest microbial forms to kill or inhibit are ________.
37. The method of removing vegetative life forms from living surfaces is termed _______.
38. The removal of all life forms from inanimate objects is termed _______.
39. Microbial death occurs when
40. The shortest time required to kill all the microbes in a sample at a specified temperature is called the ________.
41. The lowest temperature needed to kill all microbes in 10 minutes is the ________.
42. Dry heat ________.
43. Physical agents for controlling microbial growth include
44. Sterilization is achieved by ________.
45. ______ heat is more rapidly effective and efficient compared to _______ heat.
46. Hydrogen peroxide can be ________.
47. The chemical agent that produces highly toxic and reactive free radicals is _______.
48. Which of the following is not a factor that affects germicidal activity?
49. _______ is a control method that removes microorganisms rather than inhibiting or killing them.
 



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