Sterilization and Disinfection

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Across
  1. 2. To pass a liquid through a filter to remove microbes
  2. 8. Infection of the body by microbes
  3. 9. Process that kills most microbes on surfaces
  4. 12. A hardy, dormant form of bacteria
  5. 14. Using a Bunsen burner to quickly sterilize
  6. 17. Chemical used on living tissue to kill microbes
  7. 18. Using hot water to disinfect instruments
  8. 19. Making medical equipment safe for reuse
  9. 20. Energy method used for sterilization
Down
  1. 1. Heating a liquid to kill microbes, as with milk
  2. 3. The absence of pathogenic microbes
  3. 4. Removal of visible dirt and debris
  4. 5. Completely free from living microbes
  5. 6. A common physical method of sterilization
  6. 7. Equipment using pressurized steam to sterilize
  7. 10. Washing out a wound to remove microbes
  8. 11. An agent that kills pathogenic microbes
  9. 13. A type of microorganism killed by disinfectants
  10. 15. Burning to destroy contaminated waste
  11. 16. Microscopic organisms killed by germicides