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1
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The most effective way to destroy all types of microorganisms is to:

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expose them to moist heat at a high temperature for 16 to 20 minutes.

2
Q

An LPN is going in for her annual review. She is told to stop by employee health to get a hepatitis B shot. This is providing the employee with what type of immunity?

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Artificially acquired immunity

3
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Brenda is a student nurse observing and assisting in the operating room. In to maintain surgical asepsis, she must:

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maintain sterile technique while in the operating room.

4
Q

antibiotic

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chemical substance that can alter the growth or kill bacterial organisms.

5
Q

antispetic

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chemical compound that is used on skin or tissue to inhibit the growth or eliminate micro-organisms

6
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disinfectant

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solutions containing chemical compounds that kill or inactivate nearly all micro-organisms; used only on inanimate objects

7
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microorganism

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organism only visible under microscope

8
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pathogen

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micro-organisms capable of producing disease

9
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bacteria

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single-celled micro-organisms that reproduce from every few minutes up to several weeks

10
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antimicrobial

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killing or suppressing growth on micro-rganisms

11
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asepsis

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the practice of making the environment and objects free of micro-organisms

12
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medical asepsis

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reducing the number of microorganisms present or reducing the risk for transmission

13
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surgical asepsis

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most microorganisms are destroyed-sterilization

14
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prion

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protein particles that do not trigger an immune response, but cause degenerative neurological disease.

15
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virus

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very small microorganisms that grow and replicate only within a living cell, triggering an immune reaction or otherwise damage cells