Chapter 11 Sterile Vocab

Question 1

Sterilization/ Sterile/ Sterilant

Answer 1

process by which everything is killed

-absence of life

Question 2

Disinfection/ Disinfectant

Answer 2

destruction of vegetative pathogens on inanimate objects

Question 3

Antisepsis/ Antiseptic

Answer 3

chemicals applied to body surfaces to destroy or inhibit vegetative pathogens

Question 4

Decontamination

Answer 4

destruction, removal, reduction in number of undesirable microbes

Question 5

Degermination (Degerming)

Answer 5

cleansing technique that removes microbes and debris from living tissue

Question 6

Sanitization

Answer 6

cleansing technique that removes microbes and debris from inanimate objects

Question 7

Sepsis/ Septic/ Septicemia

Answer 7

contamination in blood

Question 8

Asepsis/ Aseptic/ Aseptic Technique

Answer 8

technique without bringing contamination (without contamination)