Across
- 3. chemicals dissolved in pure alcohol-water mixtures
- 4. Permanent termination of an organism's vital processes. Loss of reproductive capability
- 6. chemical that can kill fungal spores and yeasts
- 7. Suffix that means to stand still
- 10. /microbicide Chemical agents that kill microorganisms
- 11. chemical know to inactivate viruses, especially on living tissue
- 13. Boiling water or steam used to sterilize. Requires lower temperatures and shorter exposure times.
- 16. Reduces the number of microbes on the human skin. A form of decontamination but on living tissues
- 18. Process that destroys or removes all viable microorganisms (including viruses) and endospores
- 19. Contain a copy of cell's DNA, RNA, ribosomes, and enzymes. Involved in transmitting disease to humans
Down
- 1. chemicals dissolved in pure water as a solvent
- 2. Physical process or a chemical agent to destroy vegetative pathogens but not bacterial endospores Removes harmful products of microorganisms (toxins) from
- 4. Hot air or an open flame which ranges from 160 C to several thousand
- 5. Cleansing technique that mechanically removes microorganisms as well as other debris to reduce contamination to safe levels
- 8. The growth of microorganisms in the blood and other tissues.
- 9. Suffix that means killing agents
- 12. Any practice that prevents the entry of infectious agents into sterile tissues and thus prevents infection
- 14. Chemical agents applied directly to exposed body surfaces, wounds, and surgical incisions to prevent vegetative pathogens
- 15. chemical that destroys bacteria except for endospores
- 17. an agent capable of destroying bacterial endospores