Exam II Microbiology: Chapter 9

Question 1

removing or killing all microbes from an object or solution

Answer 1

sterilization

Question 2

removing or killing most microbes from an object or solution. Usually designed to kill vegetative microbes but not endospores or more resistant microbes

Answer 2

disinfection

Question 3

(also called Sanitization) – reducing the number of microbes to a safe public health level

Answer 3

Decontamination

Question 4

disinfection of the skin and mucous membranes

Answer 4

Antisepsis

Question 5

removal of microbes by scrubbing. Usually this term refers to the removal of microbes from skin or mucous membranes.

Answer 5

Degerming

Question 6

Name the four methods of microbial control used outside of the body

Answer 6

Disinfection
Antisepsis
Decontamination
Sterilization

Question 7

a chemical agent that destroys bacteria except for those at the endospore stage

Also fungicide, virucide, germicide or microbicide are chemicals

Answer 7

Bactericide

Question 8

processes

Answer 8

Sterilization and disinfection

Question 9

the growth of microorganisms in the blood and other tissues

Answer 9

Sepsis

Question 10

Any practice that prevents the entry of infectious agents into sterile tissues and thus prevents infection

Answer 10

Asepsis

Question 11

practiced in healthcare

Answer 11

Aseptic technique

Question 12

targets pathogens

Answer 12

Medical asepsis

Question 13

targets all microbes

Answer 13

Surgical asepsis

Question 14

chemical agents used to treat nonliving (inanimate) things

Answer 14

Disinfectants

Question 15

chemical agents applied directly to living tissues

Answer 15

Antiseptics

Question 16

affect the microbe’s environment

Answer 16

Physical Agents of Control

Question 17

physically remove the microbe from its environment

Answer 17

Mechanical Removal Methods

Question 18

chemically affect the structure and/or function of the microbe

Answer 18

Chemical Agents of Control

Question 19

The goal of any __________ process is the destruction of bacterial endospores

Answer 19

sterilization

Question 20

“to stand still”

Answer 20

Stasis and static

Question 21

chemical agents that prevent the growth of bacteria on tissues or on objects in the environment

Answer 21

Bacteristatic

Question 22

chemicals that inhibit fungal growth

Answer 22

Fungistatic

Question 23

Antiseptics and drugs often have ____________ effects because microbicidal compounds can be toxic to human cells

Answer 23

microbistatic

Question 24

means to kill

Answer 24

-cidal

Question 25

Can be physical or chemical methods

Not all _____ agents sterilize. Some simply disinfect.

Answer 25

-cidal