Across
- 2. To pass a liquid through a filter to remove microbes
- 8. Infection of the body by microbes
- 9. Process that kills most microbes on surfaces
- 12. A hardy, dormant form of bacteria
- 14. Using a Bunsen burner to quickly sterilize
- 17. Chemical used on living tissue to kill microbes
- 18. Using hot water to disinfect instruments
- 19. Making medical equipment safe for reuse
- 20. Energy method used for sterilization
Down
- 1. Heating a liquid to kill microbes, as with milk
- 3. The absence of pathogenic microbes
- 4. Removal of visible dirt and debris
- 5. Completely free from living microbes
- 6. A common physical method of sterilization
- 7. Equipment using pressurized steam to sterilize
- 10. Washing out a wound to remove microbes
- 11. An agent that kills pathogenic microbes
- 13. A type of microorganism killed by disinfectants
- 15. Burning to destroy contaminated waste
- 16. Microscopic organisms killed by germicides