Midterm Lessoon 1 Flashcards
Introduce the principles for surgery and post traumatic injury
Joseph lister
What did Joseph lister used as a wash for hands, as a spray on an incision site, and on bandages applied to wounds
phenol
Magic bullets
Paul erlich
Compound 606
Salvarsan for syphilis
Amebic dysentery
ipecac - Paul erlich
For malaria
Cinchona
Application of an agent to living tissue for the purpose of preventing infection
Antisepsis - antiseptic
Destruction or marked reduction in the number or activity of microorganisms
Decontamination
Chemical or physical treatment that destroys most vegetative microes or viruses, but not spores, in or on **inanimate surfaces
disinfection
Reduction of microbial load on an inanimate surfaces to a level considered acceptable for public health purposes
sanitization
A process intended to kill or remove all types of microorganisms, including spores, and usually including viruses with an acceptably low probability of survival
Sterilization
A process that kills nonsporulating microorganisms by hot water or steam at 65C - 100 C
pasteurization
alcohol other names (3)
Ethanol, ethyl alcohol, wine spirit
Clear, colorless, volatile liquid with a burning taste and a characteristics pleasant odor. Flammable, miscible with water in all proportions
alcohol
types of alcohol
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
What is the enzyme used in breaking down ethanol
Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH)
MEOS
Microsomal ethanol oxidizing system
Ethanol breaks down into
acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde breaks down into
Acetyl coa
What enzyme breaks down acetaldehyde
Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH)
Chain length increase = van DER Waals interaction increase =
Ability to penetrate microbial membranes
Water solubility increase =
Apparent antimicrobial potency diminishes with molecular weight
Antibacterial potencies of the primary alcohol increases with molecular weight until
The 8 -caarbon atom (octanol)
Dehydrated alcohol, or absolute alcohol containes
Not less than 99% w/w of ethanol