Physical & Chemical Control of Microbes

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Across
  1. 1. Any practice that prevents the entry of infectious agents into sterile tissues and thus prevents infection
  2. 3. Reduces the number of microbes on the human skin
  3. 6. Chemical that can kill fungal spores and yeasts
  4. 7. Vegetative cells directly exposed to normal room temperatures gradually become dehydrated
  5. 10. A combination of freezing and drying, preserves microorganisms in a viable state for many years
  6. 11. Agents prevent bacterial growth
  7. 13. Direct exposure to such intense heat ignites and reduces microbes and other substances to ashes and gas
  8. 14. Chemical agents that kill microorganisms
  9. 15. Chemical known to inactivate viruses, especially on living tissue
Down
  1. 2. An agent capable of destroying bacterial endospores
  2. 4. Process that destroys or removes all viable microorganisms (including viruses) and endospores
  3. 5. Physical process or a chemical agent to destroy vegetative pathogens but not bacterial endospores
  4. 8. Cleansing technique that mechanically removes microorganisms as well as other debris to reduce contamination to safe levels
  5. 9. The growth of microorganisms in the blood and other tissues
  6. 12. Chemical that destroys bacteria except for endospores