Chapter 7: Microbial Growth and Decontamination Flashcards
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Microbial Growth
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is cell division that produces new (daughter) cells and increase the total cell population
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In healthcare settings, biofilms are a major concern because…
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they are difficult to treat and can contribute to persistent infections
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Binary Fission
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occurs in most prokarotes; onvolves dividing a single cell into two cells; asexual; before dividing chromosomes replicate; parent cell begins to pinch off; partition (septum) in the center becomes complete; creates two genetically identical daughter cells
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Budding
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asexual reproduction; original cell eleongates then decelops a small outgrowth on one side; chromosome is duplicated and placed in the bud; separation from the mother cell occurs; performed by certain fungi and some bacteria (hyphomicrobium)
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Spore Formation
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performed by some fungi and bacteria; can be sexual or asexual in fungi; ALWAYS asexual in bacteria; Formation Varies- streptomyces form spores that hang off of long hypahe extensions
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Generation Time
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time it takes for a cell to divide; times vary; can range from 15 mins to 24 hours; depends on species and conditions; avaible nutrients impacts time; many common bacteria is less than an hour (E. coli) and some have slow (Mycobacterium tuberculosis 15-20hrs)
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Binary fission leads to what type of growth?
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exponential
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Closed Pure Batch Cultures
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means that nothing goes in and nothing goes out; the nutrients and cells that are put in are what stay in there; wastes are not removed; allows growth phases to be observed
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Lag Phase
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phase 1; delay that occurs while cells adjust to their new environment
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Log Phase
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phase 2; period of rapid exponential growth
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Stationary Phase
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phase 3; nutrients are depleted (but not gone) and waste accumulates; population growth rate levels off; basically growth rate is equal to death rate
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Death Phase
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phase 4; critical point of waste buildup and decreasing nutrients; cells begin to die; exponential death rate; **small number of the cells survive by adapting to the waste and by feeding off dead cells
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Chemostat
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open system; fresh growth medium is added; waste and excess cells are removed; constantly keeps them in log phase; common in industry
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Temperature
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low- decreases enzymatic rxns; increased- speeds up rxns and can increase growth rate; high-denature proteins and kills cell
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Barophiles
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can withstand the high pressure envirnoment of the deep sea
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Psychrophiles
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thrive between -20 and 10 degree C
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Psychotrophs
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grow at about 0-30 C; associated with foodborne illness
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Mesophiles
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grow best around 10-50 C; associated with most pathogens
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Thermophiles
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grow around 40-75 C; associated with compost piles and hot springs
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Extreme Thermophiles
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grow around 65-120 C (sterilization is 121)
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Acidophiles
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grow at pH 1 to pH 5; live in areas such as sulfur hot springs and volcanic vents; oftain maintain a fairly neutral cytoplasmic pH; proton pumps export excess protons from the cytoplasm to raise pH
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Neutralophiles
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grow best in a pH range of 5-8; make up the majority of microorganisms (human pH is about 7)
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Alkaliphiles
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grow in pH range of 9-11; associated with soda lakes
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Halophiles
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thrive in high salt environments; tolerate up to 35%; associated with the dead sea and the Great Salt Lake of Utah; normal cells would undergo plasmolysis but halophiles keep high concentrations of organic material and ions in their cytoplasm (to balance the graidents)
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Faculative Halophiles
tolerate higher salt but may not grow well; ex) staphylococcus aureaus
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Oxygen Levels
many microbes on this planet live either without oxygen or minimal; oxygens levels are low beneath the soil or within silt deposits in lakes and oceans; most pathogens thrive in low oxygne environemnt within the host
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Reactive Oxygen Species
what some oxygen is converted into; such as superoxide ions and hydrogen peroxide; ROS can rapidly damage proteins and DNA; many microbes have evolved ways to detoxify ROS
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Many Aerobe microbes rely on antioxidants to detoxify ROS...
antioxidants are compounds and enzymes; ex) superoxide dismutase converts reactive superoxide ions to hydrogen peroxide , catalse converts hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen
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Obligate Aerobes
absolute dependence on o2 for cellular processes
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Microaerophiels
use only small amounts of o2; live in low o2 settings
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Facultative Anaerobes
grow with and without o2; swtich between using o2 and fermentation
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Anaerobes
do not use o2 in their metabolic processes
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Aerotolerant Anaerobes
tolerate o2 but do not use it in their metabolic processes; have ways to deactivate ROS
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Obligate Anaerobes
do not use o2 in their metabolism; can not eliminate ROS; tend to die in aerobic environments
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What is 90% of a cells dry weight?
carbon, hydrogen, nongaseous oxygen, and nitrogen; other important elematents are sulfur, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium and chlorine and carious metal ions
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Essential Nutrients
required to build new cells; found in the organic and inorganic compounds of a microbes environment
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Macronutrients
needed in large amounts; such as carbon
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Micronutrients
needed in very small amounts such as iron
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Heterotrophs
require an external source of organic carbon (sugars, lipids, proteins)
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Autotrophs
do not require ane xternal source of organic carbon; use carbon fixation to convert inorganic carbon into organic carbon
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Growth Factors
necessary substances that a cell can not make on its own; cell must import them from their environment; they can not build their own
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Fastidious Organisms
are organisms that need multiple growth factors; amino acids, vitamins, nitrogenous bases etc must be supplied in the growth media
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Phototrophs
organisms that use light energy
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Chemotrophs
are organisms that break down chemical compounds for energy
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Photoautotroph
energy source of sunlight; inorganic carbon source (Co2); ex is cyanobacteria found in fresh water environments
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Photoheterotrophs
energy source of sunglight;; organic carbon source; ex is heliobacillus mobilis foud in rice paddy fields
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Chemoautotroph
energy source of nutrient breakdown; inorganic carbon source (usually co2); ex) thiobacillus dentirificans found in soil, mud and freshwater and marine sediments
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Chemoheterotrophs
nutrient breakdown energy source; organic carbon source; ex is E. coli a common inhabitant of mammalian inestines
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LIquid Media
ideal for growing large abtches of microbes
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Solid Media
useful for isolating colonies and observing specific culture characteristics
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Semisolid Media
useful for motility testing
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Broth Media
made by dding various nutrients to purified water; poured into flasks or tubes and sterilized
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Solid and Semisolid Media in Petri Plates
made by adding a powdered polysaccharide called agar to liquid media (add no nutrients); semi solid media contain less agar than solid media; medium is heat sterilized; while hot, the medium is poured into petri dishes; allowed to cool and solidy
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Slants
cool at an angle
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Deeps
cool upright
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Defined Media
aka syntheitc media; chemically defined or precisely known composition; each organic and inorganic component is completely known and quatified; useful for growing autotrophs and some heterotrophs
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Complex Media
aka enriched media; contains a mixture of organic and inorganic nutrients that are not fully defined; contain more complex ingredients (blood, milk proteins, extracts); precise quantity of every viteamen and nutrient si unknown; used to grow fastidious organisms with complex growth requirements
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Differential Media
media formulated to visually distinguish one microbe from anotehr; common example is blood agar; a microbe is not singled out
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Beta Hemolyitc
break down RBC
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Alpha Hemolytic
partial break down of RBC
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Gamma Hemolytic
do not lyse RBC
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Selective Media
single out bacteria that have specific properties; ingredients foster the growth of certain bacteria and suppress the growht of others; ex mannitol slat agar (MSA)
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Mannitol Salt Agar
selective due to its high salt content; differentiates organisms based on their ability to ferment a sugar called mannitol; it does this by the added pH indicator which detects the acids from fermentation
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Anaerobic Media
molecular o2 removed from media in a number of ways; such as thioglycate is added to media which is a reducing agent and converts o2 to water
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Anaerobic Jar
sample is added to chamber; packer of oxygen reating chemicals is opened inside it creating oxygen free conditions
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Anaerobic Chamber
large anaerobic box; gloves are inserted into the chamber to allow handling of organisms; samples are placed in a side compartment; nitrogen and/or co2 are piped into the chamber to displace all oxygen
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Streak Plate Technique
most commonly used technique to isolate bacteria; method dilutes a culture on a agar plate; individual cells are thinly separated from one another over the mediums surface; as cells divide their population increases to form a mound of cells called a colony
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Direct Methods
these methods involve counting individual cells or colonies (plate counts);
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Cell Counts
enumerates the number of cells in a small portion of the sample; can be done using automated or manual procedures
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Manual Cell Counting
requires a microscope and a specialized counting chamber that has a volumetric grid etched on it
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Flow Cytometer
direct method; uses a laser light to detect cells passing through a narrow channel; cells are fluorescently labeled before counting; ability to differentiate one cell type from another by using different colored labesl
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Viable Plate Count
direct method; allows for direct enumeration of bacteria using agar plates; samples are serially diluted; applied to agar using either spread plate method or pour plate method; after an incubation period, colonies are visible and can be counted; taking the dilution factor the number of living cells are calculated; numerical data for plate counts is usually represented as CFU per millilitere (or gram); reflectts thaat sometimes a clump of cells give rise to a colon
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Indirect Methods
rely on secondary reflections of overall population size
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Turbidity
fast and easy was to indirectly measure cells numbers; more cells = cloudier (more turbid); spectrophotometer measures either transmission or absorbance (optical density)
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Other Indirect Methods
assessing total dry weight; detecting levels of metabolic activity in a sample
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Physical Analysis
involves staining and microscopy to observe morphologial features
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Biochemical Analysis
involves a collection of media that assess metabolic properties
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Genetic Methods
also help to quickly identify microbes; probes polymerase chain reaction (PCR), DNA fingerprinting, electrophresis seapration methods
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Decontamination
removes or reduces microbial population to render an object safe for handling
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Sterilization
eliminates all bacteria, viruses and endospores; required for drugs, objects used for medicla procedures and for lab media and glass ware
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Disinfection
reduces microbial numbers; use for cosmetic, foods, surface, and exteral medical equipment
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Refrigeration/ Freezing
slow the growth of microbes; slows food spoilage, in the lab used to preserve specimen isolates and increase the shelf life of media; refrigeration preserves clinical samples
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Heat
most microbes are sensitive to heat; heat cna be used to acheive sterilization or decontamination
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Decimal Reduction Time
DRT or D value; time in minutes it takes to kill 90% of a given microbial population at a set temperature; associated with disinfection
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Thermal Death Time
shortest period of time at a certain temperature needed to kill all microbes in a sample
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Thermal Death Point
minimum temperature needed to kill all microbes in a sample with 10 minutes
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Autoclave
a machine that applies steam heat along with pressure to sterilize; used for microbiological media and assorted medical or lab equipment; most substances are sterile with 20 mins; pressure of 15 lbs per spuare inch and steam heat at 121 C
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Boiling
reduces microbial numbers; "boil water adivsory" given when drinking water is contaminated; boilinh water for 5 mins eleminates most pathogenic bacteria, protozoans, and viruses; endospores can withstand hours of boiling therefore it is not an efficeint sterilization method
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Pasteurization
used to eliminate pathogens; application of moderate heat (below the liquids boiling point); eliminates pathogens and reduces harmless micrbobes that cause milk spoilage
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Dr Heat
incineration or hot air ovens can also be used for steriliztion or disinfection; common examples of dry heat sterilization- heating an inoculating loop; ininerating waste; placing an object at 170 C for 2 hrs in a dry heat oven
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Radiation
some physical decontamination methods involve radiation or high energy waves; can sere as a disinfectant or steilization tool depending on the protocol; radiation is either ionizing or nonionizing
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Ionizing Radiation
gamma ray and x rays; generate reactive ions that kill microbes and inactivate viruses; damage nucleic acids
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Ionizing Radiation Passes through Packaging
useful in food and pharmaceutical industries; sterilizes medical supplies that cant be autoclaved
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Nonionizing Radiation
ultraviolet (UV) rays; causes thymine dimers; alter strucutre of DNA leading to mutation; uses UV light boxes in air handling systems, sanitize drinking water and swimming pools, disinfect surfaces in operating rooms, disinfect biosafety cabinet surfaces
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Filtration
large volumes of liquid or air can be passed through microbe capturing filters; filter pore sizes can even be made small enough to remove viruses; high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters remove microbes and allergens from the air
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HEPA Filters
made of randomly arranged fibers that remove 99.7% of airborne substances; pores are 0.3 micrometer or larger; does not sterilize air
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Process of Liquid Filtration
large volumes are pulled trhough the filter using a vacuum mechanism; smaller volues are pushed through syringes with filters attached to the end
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Microbiocidal
germicides that kill microbes
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Microbiostatic
germicides that only inhibit microbial growth
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Disinfectants
used to treat inanimate objects
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Antiseptics
applied to living tissue
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Low Level Agents
destroy bacteria (but not TB), fungi, and some viruses but not endospores
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Intermediate Level Agents
destroy all bacteria (including TB), fungi and viruses, but not endospores
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High Level Agents
destroy all microbes and endospores
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Critical Equipment
comes into contact with sterile body sites or the vascular system; must be sterilized
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Semicritical Equipment
comes in contact with mucous membranes or non intact skin; should be free of bacteria, fungi, and vrisues with low numbers of endospores
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Noncritical Equipment
contact pateints intact skin; require less stringent disinfection
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Alcohols
intermediate level disinfectants; denature proteins and attack lipid membranes; ex) ethanol and isopropanol; optimal concentration is 60-90%; used to disinfect small equipment (thermometers, scissors, stethoscopes)
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Aldehydes
high or intermediate level disinfectatns based on concentration; reacting with proteins and nucleic acid; ex) formaldehyde and glutaralhyde; used to sterilize. surgical instruments, endoscopes, dialyzers anestheria and respiratory equipement
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Phenols
intermediate level germicides; destroy bacterial cells walls and interact with proteins; ex) used in lysol; used in personal hygiene items (soap, mouthwash) as well as clinical
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Halogens
oxidize cell components; ex) chlorine and iodine compounds; chlroine bleach most widely used; used on medical equipement and floors and added to drinking water
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Perooxygens
highlevel germicides at high concentrations; can be used as antiseptics and disinfectants; strong oxidizing properties; ex) hydorgen peroxide, peracetic acid
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Ethylene Oxide
sterilant; damages proteins and nucleic acids; colorless gas; used for temperauter sensitive materials and equipement susceptible to moisture; applied to implant devices contain electronic parts or plastic components
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Detergents
cleaning agent; amphipathic molecules; remove water soluble and water insoluble substances; some detergents damage the lipid envelope of certain viruses and the lipid membrane of certain bacterial cells
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Anionic Detergents
have a negative charge and include soaps
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Cationic Detergents
have a positive charge and include quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs); have bactericidal activity and are sporostatic
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Facts Considered to select an Appropriate Germicide
item uses; germicide reactivity; germicide concentration and treatment times; types of infectious agents being controlled; presence of organic and inorganic matter; impact of germicicde residues on equipemnt use; germicide toxicity
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Mycobacterium Control
mycobacterium species cause tuberculosis and leprosy; contain cell walls rich in waxy mycolic acids; spreads by airborne droplets; control measures target reducing airborne particlaes from infected individuals
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Endospore COntrol
endospores are dormant structures; can revery to growing (vegetative) cells once favorable growth conditions are restored; endosproes survive drying, radiation, boiling, chemicals and heat treatments; most effective way to ensure elemination of endosproes is by autoclaving; other methods include hydrogen peroxide vapor at high heat or sporicides
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Viral Control
virsues can be resistant to some measures; lipids in the viral envelope are sensitive to heat, drying and detergents; naked viruses are usually inactivated by chlorine based agents
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Protozoan Control
different stages of a protozoan life cycle can resist certain control methods; ariety of treatments are used (filtration, carbon doxide, UV, and ozone treatments)
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Prion Control
infectious proteins; withstand autocalving and chemical sterilization; surgical devices are reused after autoclaving or chemical sterilization; prions are eliminated through a combination of chemical treatments and increased temp and pressure during autoclaving
