Chapter 9 Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Microbicidal action without being toxic to human and animal tissues.
  2. 3. Cleansing technique that mechanically removes microorganisms as well as other debris to reduce contamination to safe levels (ex. Soaps, detergents, & commercial dishwasher.
  3. 6. Chemicals dissolved in pure alcohol or alcohol-water mixtures.
  4. 7. Agents that prevent and the growth of bacteria on tissues or on objects in the environment and chemicals inhibit fungal growth.
  5. 9. Vegetative cells directly exposed to normal room temperature gradually become dehydrated.
  6. 12. Variables include heat and time; defined as the shortest length of time required to kill all test microbes at a specified temperature.
  7. 14. Physical process or a chemical agent to destroy vegetative pathogens but not endospores (ex. bleach, iodine, heat-boiling).
  8. 15. Chemicals dissolved in pure water as a solvent.
  9. 16. A technique in which heat is applied to liquids to kill potential agents of infection and spoilage, while at the same time restraining the liquids flavor and nutritional value.
  10. 17. A combination of freezing and drying/ preserves microorganisms in a viable state for many years.
Down
  1. 1. Refers to any practice that prevents the entry of infectious agents into sterile tissues and therefore prevents infection.
  2. 2. Chemical that destroys bacteria except for those in the endospores stage.
  3. 4. Chemical agents that are applied directly to exposed body surfaces (skin & mucous membranes), wounds, and surgical incisions to destroy or inhibit pathogens.
  4. 5. Special device that can subject pure steam to pressures greater than 1 atmosphere.
  5. 8. Reduces the number of microbes on the human skin/ A form of decontamination but on living tissues (ex. alcohol and surgical hand scrubs).
  6. 10. Process that destroys or removes all viable microorganisms (ex. heat-autoclave, sterilants-chemical agents capable of destroying endospores).
  7. 11. Growth of microorganisms in the blood and other tissues.
  8. 13. Another way to compare susceptibility of microbes to heat/ defined as the lowest temperature required to kill all microbes in a sample in 10 minutes.