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Sterile Technique
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 2
08/22/2013

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Term
Disinfectant
Definition
Chemical used to inhibit or prevent the growth of microbes on inanimate objects
Term
Antiseptic
Definition
Chemical the inhibits or prevents growth on living tissue
Term
Sterilization
Definition
To eliminate all microbes by death or inactivation
Term
Autoclave
Definition

Pressured steam 

 

Distilled H2O

 

Book shelf loading

 

121 C/250 F for 13 minutes for 15 psi

 

No plastic or electrical 

 

 

Term
Flash Autoclave
Definition

3 minutes for 131 C/270 F

 

Usually unwrapped 

Term
Pack Shelf Life
Definition

Single - 1 week

 

Double - 7 - 8 weeks

 

Pouches - 1 year 

Term
Chemical Sterilization
Definition

Ethylene oxide 

 

Expensive

 

Poisonous

 

 

Term
Cold Sterilization
Definition

Not truly sterile - disinfected

 

Alcohol

 

Soak for 3 hours

 

cheap, quick

Term
Scrub Solution
Definition

Chlorhexidine

 

Iodophors 

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