Across
- 2. Process of freeing from microorganisms by physical or chemical means.
- 4. Genetic material that is surrounded by a protective coat and that can only reproduce inside a host cell; can only be seen under a microscope.
- 8. Organisms obtaining nourishment from other organisms they are living in or on.
- 9. Poisonous substances.
- 13. Disease causing.
- 15. Causing to go from one person to another person.
- 16. A set of precautions that prevents the transmission of bloodborne pathogens when providing healthcare.
- 17. To decay, to break down.
Down
- 1. The organism from which a microorganism takes nourishment. The microorganism gives nothing in return and causes disease or illness.
- 3. Capable of being affected or infected.
- 5. Method used to make the environment, the worker, and the patient as germ free as possible.
- 6. Carried in the blood.
- 7. Tiny organism, such as a fungi, protists, or bacteria, that can only be seen under a microscope.
- 10. Harmless form of pathogen that helps the body develop immunity to a disease.
- 11. Guidelines designed to reduce the risk of transmission of microorganisms from recognized and unrecognized sources of infection in the hospital.
- 12. Soiled, unclean, not suitable for use.
- 14. Made free from all living microorganisms.