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bonewit chapter 3
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antiseptic | substance that kills disease-producing MO's but not their spores. An antiseptic is usually applied to living tissue |
| autoclave | apparatus for the sterilization of materials, using steam under pressure |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, or polluted; to make impure |
| critical item | item that comes in contact with sterile tissue of the vascular system |
| decontamination | use of physical or chemical means to remove or destroy pathogens on an item so that is no longer capable of transmitting disease; this makes the item safe to handle |
| detergent | agent that cleanses by emulsifying dirt and oil |
| disinfectant | agent used to destroy pathogenic MO's but not their spores. Disinfectants are usually applied to inanimate objects |
| 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 | articles that are being sterilized |
| Material Safety Data Sheet(MSDS) | sheet that provides info. regarding a chemical, its hazards, and measures to take to prevent injury and illness when handling the chemical |
| noncritical item | item that comes into contact with intact skin, but not mucous membranes |
| sanitization | process to remove organic matter from an article and to reduce the number of MO's to a safe level as determined by public health requirements |
| semicritical item | item that comes into contact with nonintact skin or intact mucous membranes |
| spore | hard, thick-walled capsule formed by some bacteria that contains only the essential parts of the protoplasm of the bacterial cell |
| sterilization | process of destroying all forms of microbial life, including bacterial spores |
| thermolabile | easily affected or changed by heat |
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