Terminology Flashcards
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Accreditation Standards
Establishes criteria for institutional quality and sets forth evaluation of post secondary career schools and colleges.
Antibody
a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen (toxins)
Autoclave
known as steam sterilizers, a machine that uses steam under pressure to kill harmful bacteria, viruses, fungi, and spores on items that are placed inside a pressure vessel
Bacillus Atrophaeus Spores
Spore-forming bacterium that has been established as industrial bacteria in the production of biological indicators for sterilization.
Bioburden
The number of bacteria living on a surface that has not been sterilized
Biofilms
a thin, slimy film of bacteria that adheres to a surface.
Biological Indicator (BI)
Living organisms that are used as a potential tool to monitor the changes of either +/- in environmental health impact.
Bloodborne Pathogens
Infectious microorganisms in human blood that can cause disease in humans
Bowie-Dick type test
Helps ensure that air is properly removed from sterilization chambers, as a result loads are fully penetrated with steam
CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and health education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
Central Instrument Processing Area
Area that receives, clean, decontaminate, package, and sterilise medical devices that can be distributed
Chemical Indicator
A substance that gives a visible sign, usually by a colour change, of the presence or absence of a threshold concentration of a chemical species
Chemical Vapor Sterilization
chemical-vapor sterilization involves heating a chemical solution in a closed pressurized chamber.
Cleaning - Manually
The physical removal of all visible soil or gross debris from an item to render that item safe for handling.
Cleaning -Mechanical
The mechanical cleaning action of washer/disinfectors relies on spray arm technology with pressurized water to help clean surgical instruments or other reusable devices.
Contaminated
the action or state of making or being made impure
Control Biological Indicator
Biological indicators, or spore tests, are the most accepted means of monitoring sterilization because they assess the sterilization process directly by killing known highly resistant microorganisms
Decontamination
removes or destroys infectious agents; to make clean
Disassembly
To take or break down a item for cleaning
Disinfectant
eliminates many OR all microorganisms, except some bacterial spores
Distilled water
both organic and inorganic substances have been removed from the water
Dry heat sterilizers
using blown hot air to eliminate or deactivate all forms of life inside the chamber of an industrial oven
Ethylene oxide sterilization
Used to sterilize critical items (and sometimes semicritical items) that are moisture or heat sensitive and cannot be sterilized by steam sterilization.
Event Related Packaging
any event that compromises the integrity of the barrier enclosing the sterilized material
