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Define sterilizatiion |
The removal or destruction including bacteria, viruses, endospores etc. In or on an object. |
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Name four types of disinfection |
1. UV light 2. heat 3. bleach 4. alcohol |
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Define disinfection |
Use of physical/chemical agent (disinfection) to inhibit or destroy microorganism |
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True or False: Does disinfection guarantee all pathogen will be gone. |
False |
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What are the action of antimicrobial agents? |
--Damage to proteins and nucleic acids (protein function depends on 3D shape -- Chemicals, radiation, and heat can alter or destroy nucleic acids --Halt protein synthesis by acting on robozyme |
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What are the physical methods of microbial control. |
1. Exposure of the microbes to extremes of heat and cold 2. Desiccation 3. Filtration 4. Osmotic pressure 5. Radiation |
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Define high temperature |
--denature proteins, decrease integrity of cell membrane/cell wall --structure/function of nucleic acid |
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What is thermal death point |
kills all cells in a broth in 10 minutes |
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What is thermal death time |
Time to kill all cells in a volume of liquid at a set temperture |
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Define boiling |
--Kill vegetative cells of bacteria, fungi, protozoan, trophozoites, and most viruses |
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True of False: Boiling will kill endospores |
False |
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Define moist heat |
--Kills cells by denaturing proteins and destroying cytoplasmic membranes --it also use to disinfect, to sterizile, to sanitize, to pasteurize |
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Give some examples of moist heat |
1. boiling 2. autoclaving 3. pasteurization 4. Ultrahigh-temperature sterilization |
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True or False: water a better conductor than air. |
True |
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Define autoclave |
--steam is heat released --use both high temperature and high pressure to prevent steam from escaping, high boiling temperature -- Autoclave conditions : 128degree celius, 15 psi at 15 minutes |
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What is flash pasterization |
heating mild to 72 degree celius for 15 seconds |
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Define pasteurization |
--used to kill pathogens in milk, ice cream, yogurt, and fruit juices --Not sterilization (heat-tolerant microbes survive) --Flash pastuerization |
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Define dry heat |
--used for substances that can't tolerate moist heat. --denatures proteins and oxidizes metabolic and structural chemical -- incineration is ultimate means of sterilization |
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Examples of dry heat |
1. powders 2. oil 3. metal object |
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Temperature for dry heat |
171 degrees for 1 hours |
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Define Refrigeration and Freezing |
--Decrease microbial metabolism, growth and reproduction --Refrigeration halts the growth of most pathogens --Slow freezing is more effective than fast freezing --Organisms vary susceptibility to freezing |
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What is Refrigerator and freezing temperature |
Refrigerator -0 to -7 degree celius Freezing -<0 degree celius |
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Define Filtration |
--passage fluid through a membrane designed to trap cell/viruses and separate for the fluid |
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Define Radiation |
It a electron beams (high NGR). -- good for killing --good for thick meat --spices --dental/medical supplies |
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True or False.: All types of radiation are either ionizing or nonionizing |
True |
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Define Gamma rays |
It deeper than electron beam --longer time -- used for meats, spices, fruits and vegetable |
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Define ionizing radiation |
--It wavelength is shorter than 1nm --They have energy to eject electron from atoms, creating ions --These ions disrupt H bonding, oxidize double covalent bonds, and create highly reactive hydroxyl radical --Radical denature other molecules (DNA) --It the deepest, has a long time with less NRG |
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Give and example of ionizing radiation. |
electron beam, gamma rays and some x-rays |
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What are the two types of radiation? |
1. Particulate radiation-a high speed subatomic particles freed from their atom 2. Electromagnetic radiation- a energy without mass traveling in waves at the speed of light |
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Define Nonionizing radiation |
It wavelenghts is greater than 1 nm. It also excites electrons causing them to make new covalent bond |
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Give some example of nonionizing radiation |
UV light, visible light, infrared radiation, and radio wave |
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True or False: UV light is the only practical antimicrobial |
True |
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Define UV light |
--Causes pyrimidine dimers in DNA --Does note penetrate wall --Suitable for disinfecting air, transparent fluids, and sufaces of object |
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True or False: UV light bent DNA out of shape |
True |
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What is the doctor name that spray wounds |
Lister |
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What did Lister spray on the wound |
Phenol |
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Chemical methods of microbial control does what? |
act to affect cell walls, cytoplasmic membrane, and proteins or DNA |
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Give some example of Chemical that control microbial |
--Phenolics --Alcohols --Halogents --Oxidizing agent --Surfactants --Heavy metals --Aldehydes --Gaseous agent |
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Define Phenolics |
It a compound derived from Phenol molecule that modified by addition of Halogens these are the Halogent (F,Cl, Br, I etc) F=fluorine, Cl=Chlorine, Br=Bromine and I= iodine note I is a capital i. |
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What are the disadvantage of Phenols |
--Bad odor and side effects- skin irritant |
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The advantage of using Phenols |
It denature proteins and disrupt cell membrane, remain active for a long period of time |
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What it the action of Alcohol? |
It denature protein and disrupt cytoplasmic membrane |
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Do not use Alcohol on |
Fungal spores or endospores |
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Give an example of Alcohol |
Isopropanol alcohol(rubbing alcohol) and Ethanol alcohol (drinking alcohol) |
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What is the disadvantage of Alcohol |
It evaporate rapidly might not contact bacteria long enough |
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True or False: Alcohol is more effective than soap and water. When use to remove bacteria from hands. |
True |
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Define Halogens |
--It an intermediate level antimicrobial --It has four very reactive nonmetallic chemical elements iodine, chlorine,bromine and fluorine. --It damage proteins by denaturation |
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Give example of Halogen applications or uses |
iodine tablets, iodophor (betadine), chlorine treatment, bromine disinfectant (hot tub), fluoride in H2O and tooth paste. |
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Define oxidizing agents |
-- kill by oxidizing enzymes --High level disinfectant and antiseptics --release oxygen radicals (h2O2) peroxide |
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Give examples of oxidizing agents |
Peroxides, ozone and peracetic acid |
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Describe the effects of H2O2, Ozone, and Peracetic acid |
H2O2=Peroxide, cand disinfects and sterilize surface. Ozone= (O3) can be used to for H2O treatment (Canada) Peracetic acid= is a sporicde used to sterilze equipment |
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What substance can neutralize H2O2 |
Catalase (an enzyme that is released from human cell) |
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Define Surfactants |
--"surface active" chemicals that reduce the suface tension of solvents. -- |
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Names some common surfactants |
soap and detergent |
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True or False: Soaps have hydrophobic and hydrophilic ends, good degerming agent |
True |
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True or False: Detergents are positively charged organic surfactants |
True |
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Define Heavy metals |
--It combine with sulfur in the amino acid cysterine and denatures proteins --low level bacteristatic and fungistatic agents |
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Give some examples of heavy metals |
--1% silver nitrate --Themerosal --Cooper |
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What are these heavy metal used for. 1% silver nitrate Themerosal Cooper |
--1% silver nitrate used to put in baby eyes. To treat baby for gonorrhea from birth canal. --Themerosal is used to preserve vaccines --Cooper is used for algae growth interfere with chlorphyll |
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Define Aldehydes |
--It a compounds containing terminal--CHO groups --It cross-link functional groups to denature proteins and inactivate nucleic acids |
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Give some example of Aldehydes and it uses |
--Glutaroldehyde- (liquid) 2% solution, kill bacteria, fungi, and viruses --Formalin- Pathology embalming agent (37%) disinfect hospitals. Mortician use Formalin dissolved in H2O to make 37% solution. |
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Define Gaseous agents |
--It a closed chamber containing high reactive microbial and sporicidal gases (ethylene oxide,propylene oxide and beta-propiolactone) --It denature proteins and DNA by cross-linking organic functional group |
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What are gaseous agent used for |
-- used for pillows, mattresses, electronic equipment etc. --used in hospitals, dental offices, NASA --used to prevent export of Earth microbes |
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Disadvantages of gaseous agent |
-- toxic to people --explosive |
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Define Enzymes |
--Antimicrobial enzymes that act against microbes --Use to control microbes in the environment |
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Name two types of enzymes |
Lysozyme and Prionzyme |
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what is Lyozyme? |
--It is in the human tears, it a antimicrobial enzymes to fight microorganism. It digest the bacteria cell wall. |
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What is Prionzyme? |
--It is used in cheese, wine production --It is use to treat mad cow disease (Prions) use to remove Prions. |
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Define Antibiotic |
--Antibiotics and semisynthetic and synthetic chemicals are antimicrobials agent -- used to treat disease |
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Name some antibiotics |
Penicillin |
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What is the effects of synthetic antimicrobial |
--semisynthetic (altered antibiotics) --synthetic is human made --used to treat diseases not for environment control |
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Give an example of semisynthetic antibiotic |
Methicillin |