exam 2

Question 1

What does sepsis refer too?

Answer 1

to microbial contamination, potentially life threatening

Question 2

What is asepsis?

Answer 2

absence of significant contamination

Question 3

What does aseptic techniques prevent?

Answer 3

microbial contamination like in a lab or during surgery

Question 4

What is sterilization?

Answer 4

no microbes left

Question 5

What is disinfection?

Answer 5

killing certain microbes on not inanimate objects

Question 6

What is antisepsis?

Answer 6

killing microbes in inanimate objects, same as degermation

Question 7

What is sanitation?

Answer 7

killing microbes like when washing hands or cleaning a toilet

Question 8

What are you accomplishing if you apply 5% bleach to an examining table?

Answer 8

Disinfection

Question 9

What are you accomplishing if you handwash with soap?

Answer 9

sanitation

Question 10

What are you accomplishing if you are performing surgical handscrub?

Answer 10

Degermation or antisepsis

Question 11

Bactericide

Answer 11

kills bacteria

Question 12

Fungicide

Answer 12

kills fungus

Question 13

virucide

Answer 13

kills viruses

Question 14

sporicide

Answer 14

kills spores, endospores

Question 15

bacteriostatic agent

Answer 15

prevents the growth of bacteria

Question 16

fungistatic agent

Answer 16

prevents the growth of fungus

Question 17

What is the rate of microbial growth?

Answer 17

dies at a constant rate

Question 18

What is death in microorganisms and how do we measure it?

Answer 18

it does not multiply or reproduce by binary fission, measure turbitity or count them

Question 19

Do microorganisms die at the same time during boiling?

Answer 19

no, some survive it. if there are more microbes, you need more time.