Infection Control Crossword
Across
- 3. Tissue Death
- 6. Organisms that favor an environment with oxygen
- 8. Site In microbial transmission, the sites where microorganisms enter the body.
- 9. A thin coating containing biologically active organisms that have the ability to grow in water solutions.
- 11. An abbreviation for Surgical Site Infections
- 12. Organisms that prefer an oxygen poor environment
- 14. A surface, substance, or tissue that is not completely free of microorganisms.
- 17. A procedure for staining bacteria that is the first step in classifying and differentiating them into two large groups
Down
- 1. The invasion and proliferation of pathogenic microorganisms in the body
- 2. Microscopic, living, single celled organism such as bacteria and viruses.
- 4. a disease causing microorganism
- 5. Presence of pathogenic microorganisms on or in animate or inanimate objects.
- 7. The body's nonspecific reaction to injury or infection that results in redness, heat, swelling, and pain.
- 9. A measure of the number of bacterial colonies on a surface
- 10. ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living organisms.
- 13. Completely free of all organisms.
- 15. Droplets Droplets of moisture small enough to remain suspended in the air
- 16. Resistance to infection