REVIEW AND RECALL
SELECT DEFINITIONS YOU NEED TO KNOW
ANTISEPSIS
A process that destroys most harmful microorganisms on
The surface of Instruments
BACTERICIDAL
Drugs, chemicals, and other agents able to kill bacteria
BACTERIOSTATIC
Agents capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria but not killing them
CAVITATION
A process in which air pockets are imploded (burst inward),
Releasing energy to dislodge particles of soil or tissue debris
Sticking to instruments. Antiseptics chemicals used for reducing
Contamination of body surfaces
CLEANING
A process that removes organic or inorganic residue or debris by hand cleaning and brushing
CONTAMINATED
Any instrument or body surface that is known to be unsterile.
A sterile instrument comes in contact with non-sterile objects and thus may harbor Microorganisms
DECONTAMINATION
A process of disinfection
DISINFECTION
A process by which most but not all harmful microorganisms are
Destroyed on instrument surfaces
CRITICAL ITEMS
Those items that must be sterile before use in or on a patient; items
That goes into body tissues or the vascular system
STERILIZATION
A process by which all microorganisms are destroyed
ULTRASONIC CLEANER
Equipment that cleans instruments through cavitations
WASHER STERILIZER
Equipment that washes and sterilizes instruments following an
Operative procedure
FOMITE
An item(towel, bedsheet) that is capable of harboring bacteria and transmitting
Disease.
HOST
Organism that provides nutrition for parasites
PATHOGENIC
Disease causing bacteria
STRICT AEROBES
Bacteria that cannot survive without oxygen
STRICT ANAEROBES
Bacteria that cannot survive in the presence of oxygen
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