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Asepsis and Sterile Technique Terminology

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show substance commonly used on living tissue to inhibit the growth and reproduction of microbes to prevent infection  
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show absence of microbes, infection  
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show substance that controls/kills bacteria  
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show substance that restrains the further development and reproduction of bacteria  
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show the number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object at any given time  
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Contamination   show
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Cross-contamination   show
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show to reduce to an irreducible minimum the presence of pathogenic material  
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Disinfectant   show
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show an inanimate object on which pathogens may be conveyed  
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show agent that destroys fungus  
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Infection   show
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show an infection acquired within a health care setting  
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show any microbe capable of causing a disease  
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show microbes that normally reside below the skin surface or within the body  
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Sepsis   show
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Spore   show
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Sporicidal   show
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show item(s) that has been rendered free of all living microorganisms, including spores  
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Sterile field   show
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Sterile technique   show
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show sterility determined by how a package is handled rather than time elapsed; package is considered sterile until opened or integrity of packaging material is damaged  
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Sterilization   show
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show contamination of a sterile field that occur through the passage of fluid through or a puncture in a microbial barrier  
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show items mechanically cleaned and chemically disinfected but not sterile  
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show to render items safe to handle by high-level disinfection  
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Transient flora   show
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show a living character that transmits disease  
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Virucide   show
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