sterile tech exam 2 terms and history

Question 1

sterile technique

Answer 1

any procedure in which added precautions are used to avoid contamination of animal, object or area

Question 2

surgical conscience

Answer 2

putting patient’s well being above anyone or anything else

Question 3

2 factors that prevented development of surgery

Answer 3

lack of anesthesia or pain management, inability to prevent infection

Question 4

Anton von Leeuwenhoek

Answer 4

developed the 1st magnifying lens

Question 5

Ignaz Semmelweiss

Answer 5

father of medical asepsis, noticed wash hands=less death

Question 6

Louis Pasteur

Answer 6

father of bacteriology, vaccine anthrax, rabies, pasteurization milk

Question 7

Joseph Lister

Answer 7

father of surgical asepsis, instrument carbonic acid

Question 8

Robert Koch

Answer 8

father of bacteriology, isolated microorganisms

Question 9

medical asepsis

Answer 9

technique used to maintain an aseptic environment

Question 10

aseptic technique

Answer 10

prevention of sepsis and possible resulting disease

Question 11

asepsis

Answer 11

complete absence of living pathogenic microbes

Question 12

sepsis

Answer 12

microbes present

Question 13

sterile

Answer 13

complete asepsis

Question 14

sterilization

Answer 14

procedure which results in complete absence of microbes

Question 15

contaminated

Answer 15

any item that has no ben sterilized, item that has come into contact with something non-sterile

Question 16

sanitized

Answer 16

any cleaning procedure that prevents disease and ensures a clean environment

Question 17

disinfectant

Answer 17

an agent applied to non-living surfaces to significantly reduce the number of microbes

Question 18

antiseptic

Answer 18

an agent used to reduce microbes on living tissue