Bonewit Chapt 3 Word Scramble
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Antiseptic | A substance that kills disease producing microorganisms but not their spores. An antiseptic 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 comes 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. |
Detergent | An agent that cleanses by emulsifying dirt and oil. |
Disinfectant | An agent used to destroy pathogenic microorganisms but not their spores. |
Hazardous chemical | Any chemical that presents a threat to the health and safety of an individual. |
Incubate | To provide proper condition for growth and development. |
Load | The articles that are being sterilized. |
MSDS | A sheet that provides information regarding a chemical, its hazards, and measures to take to prevent injury. |
Noncritical item | An item that comes into contact with intact skin, but not with mucous membranes. |
Sanitization | A process to remove orangic matter from an article and to reduce the number of MO to a safe level. |
Semicritical item | An item that comes 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 protoplasm of the bacterial cell. |
Sterilization | The process of destroying all forms of microbial life of the bacterial cell. |
Thermolabile | Easily affected or changed by heat. |
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