Ch. 9 HW

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Across
  1. 3. Steam under pressure method used for sterilizing heat-resistant materials.
  2. 4. Lowest temperature required to kill all microbes in a sample in 10 minutes.
  3. 5. Chemical agent that kills fungal spores and yeasts.
  4. 8. Agent that destroys bacteria, but not endospores.
  5. 10. Practices preventing entry of infectious agents into sterile tissues.
  6. 13. Environment with high solute concentration causing water to leave cells.
  7. 14. Shortest length of time required to kill all microbes at a specified temperature.
  8. 15. Dormant, resistant bacterial structure capable of surviving extreme conditions.
Down
  1. 1. Process destroying or removing ALL viable microorganisms and endospores.
  2. 2. Reduction of microbial contamination on inanimate objects to safe levels.
  3. 6. Cleansing technique mechanically removing microbes to safe levels.
  4. 7. Reduction of microbes on living tissue to prevent infection.
  5. 9. Physical process or agent destroying vegetative pathogens, does not kill endospores.
  6. 11. Actively growing and multiplying form of a microbe.
  7. 12. Growth of microorganisms in the blood and other tissues.