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24 Cards in this Set
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Credited for handwashing |
Ignatz Semmelweis |
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Most resistant to killing agents |
Prions |
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Least resistant to killing agents |
Lipid viruses |
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Physical sterilization/disinfection with oxidation of cellular components as its principle |
Dry heat |
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This dry heat sterilizing instrument is used for glasswares |
Hot oven |
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Two settings of hot air oven for sterilizing |
160-180 deg C for 1.5-3 hrs; 121 deg C for 16 hrs |
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This uses a bunsen burner to sterilize inoculating loops, needles, and tube mouths |
Open flame |
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This sterilizes hospital waste by the use of incinerator |
Incineration |
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Three means of dry heat sterilization |
Hot air oven, open flame, incineration |
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Physical means of sterilization/disinfection with the coagulation of proteins as its principle |
Moist heat |
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This means of moist heat sterilization is used on bacteriologic media |
Autoclave |
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The most common autoclave |
Gravity displacement type |
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Two settings of autoclave |
121 deg C @ 15 psi for 15 mins; 132 deg C @ 15 psi for 30-60 mins |
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Kind of moist heat fractional sterilization that is used for media that could not withstand the autoclave |
Tyndallization |
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Kind of moist heat fractional sterilization used for high protein media |
Inspissation |
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Instrument used for tyndallization |
Arnold's sterilizer |
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Setting of tyndallization |
100 deg C for 30 mins in 3 consecutive days |
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Setting of inspissation |
75-80 deg C for 2 hrs in 3 consecutive days |
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Filter that uses diatomaceous earth |
Berkefeld |
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Filter that uses asbestos pads |
Seitz |
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Filter that uses unglazed porcelain |
Chamberland pasteur |
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Filter that uses sintered glass |
Morton |
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What does a membrane filter use? |
Cellulose esters |
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This filter removes microorganisms greater than 0.3 micrometers |
High efficiency particulate air (HEPA filter) |
