Controlling Microbial Growth- PP Test 2 Flashcards
the destruction or removal of vegetative pathogens but not bacterial endospores, usually used on inanimate objects
disinfection
the complete removal or destruction of all viable microorganisms, used on inanimate objects
sterilization
chemicals applied to body surfaces to destroy or inhibit vegetative pathogens
antisepsis
chemicals used internally to kill or inhibit growth of microorganism swithout host tissues
chemotherapy
What are the different types of microbial control methods?
physical agents, chemical agents, biological agents, and mechanical removal methods
What are the different types of physical agents?
Heat and radiation
What are the different types of heat physical agents?
dry and moist
What type of control method does dry heat have?
incineration and dry oven which are both sterilization methods
What type of control method does moist heat have?
steam under pressure which is sterilization and boiling water, hot water, and pasteurization which all are disinfection
What are different types of radiation physical agents?
ionizing and xray, cathode, and gamma which are sterilization and nonionizing and uv which are disinfection
What are the different types of chemical agents?
gases and liquids
What are the different types of gas chemical agents?
gas can be sterilization and or disinfection
What are the different types of liquid chemical agents?
animate which is chemotherapy and antisepsis and inanimate which are disinfection and sterilization
What are the different types of mechanical removal methods?
filtration which consist of air and liquids which both are sterilization
What are the different types of biological agents?
predator and virus which are antisepsis and toxin which is sterilization
sufficient heat treatment to kill endospores of clostridium botulinum in canned food
commercial sterilization
removal of microbes from a limited area, such as skin around an injection site
degerming
treatment is intended to lower microbial counts on eating and drinking utensils to safe public health levels
sanitization
inhibits growth and when you remove it the microbes can start growing again (freezer) can usually work very well you can kill cells using this technique but the technique itself does not kill
bacteriostatic
kill the microbes so viable cell count decreases when you introduce the chemical but the total cell count does not decrease because the cells are still there
bactericidal
lose the microbe decrease in cell count and viable cell count because nothing is growing and the cells are broken, very lethal
bacteriolytic
What is the most widely used method of sterilization?
Temperature