Across
- 2. Growth of microorganisms in blood or other tissues
- 4. High penetrating radiation used to sterilize heat sensitive materials
- 8. Medical devices that must be sterilized
- 9. Process to destroy all viable microorganisms including bacterial endospores
- 11. Agents used to kill microorganisms
- 12. Process to destroy vegetative pathogens but not bacterial endospores
- 13. Autoclave (most heat under pressure) is a an example of
- 15. Lowest temperature required to kill all test microbes within 10 minutes
- 16. Process of mechanical removal of microorganisms
Down
- 1. Process of reducing microorganisms on human skin
- 3. Medical devices that are ideally sterilized, must receive at least high level disinfection
- 5. Using iodine on skin before a medical procedure is an example of
- 6. Shortest duration required to kill ALL test microbes at a specific temperature
- 7. Agents used to prevent growth of microorganisms
- 10. Lower penetrating radiation used to disinfect
- 14. Medical devices that only require low level disinfection