Term
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Definition
A.
Mutagen.
B.
Ventilation required. |
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Term
| COLD STERILIZATION - Peracetic acid |
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Definition
| Safe and enclosed. costly |
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Term
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Definition
Industrial uses.
Gram-stainable (but dead) organisms may persist after killing by irradiation. |
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Term
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Definition
| Does not kill spores therefore does not really “sterilize”. |
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Term
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Definition
| Protein denaturants.Requires time: |
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Term
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Definition
Allergic skin reaction can limit usefulness.
D.
Allow to dry (time for killing) then remove with alcohol, water disinfection |
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Term
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Definition
Generally rapidly lethal.
B.
Easily loses activity because of organic material to which it reacts.
C.
Relatively high toxicity.
D.
Useful on inanimate surfaces, glassware, etc. |
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Term
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Definition
| Excellent activity including fungi. Popular agent for use in disinfecting hospital surfaces |
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Term
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Definition
Especially active against gram-positive organisms but bacteriostatic.
B.
Neurotoxicity limits use in children. |
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Term
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Definition
| Commonly used antiseptic.More bactericidal and less toxic than hexachlorophene. |
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Term
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Definition
Used frequently for disinfection of equipment.
B.
Toxicity for humans mandates property ventilated rooms. |
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Term
| Surfacine - silver iodine |
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Definition
| Recognizes and interacts with the lipid bilayer of bacterial outer cell membranes. |
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Term
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Definition
| Saline plus electrodes results in hypochlorous acid and chlorine radicals which are not toxic to biological tissues nor corrosive to endoscopes. |
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Term
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Definition
| heat, gas, cold, uv light, ionizing radiation, filtration |
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