Operating Room: Infection Prevention

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Across
  1. 5. living organism capable of producing disease in an individual
  2. 8. removing foreign material by mechanical washing or scrubbing
  3. 9. chemical agent that makes dirt/debris more soluble
  4. 10. being free from pathogenic organisms
  5. 12. microorganisms on a surface before sterilization
  6. 13. contaminated or infected
  7. 14. inanimate object capable of transmitting infectious microorganisms
  8. 16. free from all agents that contaminate a surface
Down
  1. 1. invasion/multiplication of microorganisms in a host
  2. 2. "hospital-acquired infection"
  3. 3. entry of microbial agents into an aseptic environment
  4. 4. free from living microorganisms
  5. 6. microorganisms that survive harsh environmental factors
  6. 7. inhibits microbial growth/destroys bacteria
  7. 9. reduction of the number/type of viable microorganisms
  8. 10. process of killing/inhibiting growth of microbial agents
  9. 11. conveys pathogen from one host to another
  10. 15. contamination on a surface after use