antimicrobial techniques

2. filter, air in clinical setting passes through these to capture bacterial cells, endospores, and many viruses, that may be present in the air.
5. Reduces the number of germs on surfaces or objects to a safe level, according to public health standards
7. high temperature, type of pasteurization used for the coffee cream packets that can stay at room temperature.
8. a type of cleaning technique that alters the pressure of the cell causing the cells to lyse
11. cleaning the skin with an alcohol swab before an injection is an example of _______.
14. destroying vegetative pathogens on inanimate objects
15. a type of degerming technique
16. a type of heat technique for microbial control that kills vegetative forms of bacterial pathogens, almost all viruses, and fungi but not endospores.

1. keeping bacteria at low temperature doesn't kill them, instead this process has a ________ effect
3. when bacterial cells are in a hypertonic solution they will undergo __________.
4. removing and destroying all microbial life
6. oxygen under high pressure is administered to patients that are infected with _________ bacteria.
9. dimer, UV radiation damages DNA by creating ______.
10. radiation, spices are sterilized by this technique
12. radiation, plastic petridishes are sterilized by this technique
13. dry heat sterilizes by ________ of cellular components