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- 4. Act of wearing away gradually by a chemical reaction.
- 6. Enclosed area that holds products to be sterilized.
- 8. Regulatory agency that helps ensure medical devices are safe for patients and healthcare workers by requiring the manufacturer to provide an IFU with each product.
- 10. Instruments used for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon objects.
- 11. Completely devoid of all living microorganisms.
- 12. Emotions that cause a person to react to people and/or situations in a predetermined way.
- 15. Amount of dissolved minerals in water that alters the effectiveness of many disinfectants, detergents and soaps.
- 17. Failed or incomplete machine cycle caused by a malfunction.
- 18. Pliable strip on sterilization containers that seals the lid and container to prevent entry of microorganisms.
- 19. Surgical instruments with a hollow barrel through their center.
- 20. Collection of microorganisms that attaches to surfaces and each other to form a colony.
- 22. Spray-force action of pressurized water against instruments being processed to physically remove bioburden.
- 24. Agent that destroys or inactivates viruses.
- 25. Compound with a pH less than 7.0 and with a sour, sharp or biting taste.
- 27. Chemical process applied during instrument manufacture that provides a corrosion-resistant finish by forming a thin, transparent oxide film.
- 28. Rules issued by administrative agencies that have the force of law.
- 30. Destruction of nearly all pathogenic microorganisms on an inanimate surface.
- 31. Substance that initiates chemical changes.
- 32. Organization concerned with promoting a safe work environment and employee safety.
- 33. Surgical instrument used to primarily move tissue and organs.
- 34. To expose gas-sterilized items to warm, circulating air.
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- 1. To remove ions from a substance (such as water).
- 2. Number of microorganisms on an object.
- 3. Suspension of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles in air or gas; a spray.
- 5. Apparatus for maintaining a constant and suitable temperature for the growth and cultivation of organisms.
- 7. Automated equipment used to clean, decontaminate or disinfect and dry medical devices.
- 9. Absence of microorganisms that cause disease.
- 13. Physical science of acoustic waves that oscillate in approximate range of 18 to 80 KHz.
- 14. Removal of all visible and non-visible soil and any other foreign material from medical devices being processed.
- 16. Any of a wide variety of natural or manufactured gritty substances used to grind, wear down, rub away, smooth or scour.
- 17. Equipment that uses steam under pressure to sterilize.
- 21. Substance that lowers the surface tension of the water and increases the solubility of organic compounds.
- 23. Air pressure in the decontamination.
- 26. Containing or pertaining to salt. Use on instruments SHOULD be AVOIDED.
- 29. Instrument used to examine the interior of a hollow organ or body cavity.
- 35. Surgical instrument used to cut or bite away at bone and tissue.