Across
- 3. an area that should never be touched during sterile compounding is called a _________ site.
- 5. When patients stop their antibiotics or antivirals because they feel better, antimicrobial _______ occurs.
- 8. In sterile compounding, the interruption of airflow by an object is called a zone of _________.
- 10. When actions are taken to prevent healthcare worker and their patients from infection it is called _______ precautions.
- 11. A piece of equipment that uses heat to sterilize medical instruments and supplies.
- 12. What component of an IV set pierces the port on the IV bag?
- 13. A form of contamination that results when a worker’s hands or their supplies are incorrectly placed in the hood, disrupting airflow from the HEPA filter to the critical site
- 15. The DCA is found in the ______ room.
- 18. MRSA and C-difficile are common types of _________ associated infections.
Down
- 1. A ______ is responsible for release testing.
- 2. The horizontal laminar airflow workbench is a _______ engineering control.
- 4. Which microorganism reproduces slowly by means of spores?
- 6. A nosocomial infection outbreak in the hospital would be investigated by the _____ control committee.
- 7. Amoebic dysentery, malaria, and sleeping sickness are all illnesses caused by ____.
- 9. Strep throat is caused by ________.
- 14. The technique a pharmacy technician uses to compound sterile preparations in the cleanroom is called ______ technique.
- 16. The lower the ISO class number, the _____the air quality.
- 17. _________ testing is when a sample of a CSP is sent to the lab to test for microbial contamination.