Sterile Processing

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Across
  1. 5. Invasion of the human body or tissue by pathogenic microorganisms
  2. 6. Contamination that occurs by way of moisture
  3. 7. A living carrier that transmits disease
  4. 9. Infection, usually serious and systemic
  5. 11. Any microbe capable of causing disease
  6. 12. Substance that inhibits the growth of bacteria
Down
  1. 1. The amount of organic debris on an object at any given time
  2. 2. Inanimate object that harbors microorganisms
  3. 3. To reduce the microbial population on a surface or item to a sub-pathogenic level
  4. 4. Absence of pathogenic microorganisms
  5. 8. Having been rendered free of all living microorganisms, including spores
  6. 10. A resistant form of bacteria with a protective shell