Anti Infectives Flashcards
19th century
Father of antiseptic surgery
Used carbolic acid known as as phenol to wash his hands and to spray on incision sites
Joseph Lister
19th century
Antibacterial dyes and antiparasitic organic arsenicals
Selective toxicity
Discovered compund 606
Paul Ehrlich
Antisyphilitic drug
Known as salvarsan
Compound 606
Used for sleeping sickness
Sodium arsanilate
Arsphenamine
Atoxyl
Anti-infective agent used locally
Germicides
Used on living tissues to prevent infection
Antisepsis
Reduction in the number of activity of microorganism
Decontamination
Destroys most vegetative microbes or viruses
Inanimate surfaces
Disinfection
Reduction of microbial load on an inanimate surface acceptable for public healh purposes
Sanitation
To kill or remove all types of microorganisms
Sterilization
Kills nonspoulating microorganisms by hot water at 65-100 degree celsius
Pasteurization
Applied to living tissues
Bactericidal or bacteriostatic
Antiseptics
Applied to inanimate objects
Disinfectant
Strong coagulators
Formalin phenol alcohol
Denaturants
Iodine cresol pheno; strong acids and strong alkalis