Across
- 4. environmental protection agency
- 5. solutions that destroy microorganisms or inhibit their growth on living tissue
- 7. suffixes meaning to kill
- 8. a badge that records exposure to radiation that is worn when taking x-rays
- 10. medical waste that could cause infection; needles, scalpel blades, blood, body parts
- 11. occupational safety and health administration
- 12. a pathogen consisting of a single nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat and having the ability to replicate only within a living cell
- 15. to cleanse of harmful organisms
- 16. biohazard materials such as needles, scalpel blades, and syringes
- 17. the process of killing and removing all microorganisms
- 19. the process of keeping an animal by itself to prevent the spread of disease; quarantine
- 20. applying practices that make something more acceptable by cleaning it
Down
- 1. the process of keeping an animal by itself to prevent the spread of disease; isolation
- 2. an organism that grows, feeds, and lives on or in another organism while contributing nothing to the survival of the host organism
- 3. material safety data sheet
- 6. food and drug administration
- 9. the period of time between infection and the appearance of clinical signs
- 13. cancer causing
- 14. being free of infections or contamination by microorganisms
- 18. any disease that can be passed from animal to human
