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27 Cards in this Set
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What shape is a cocci bacteria? |
Round shaped |
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Which type of bacteria can cause strep throat or blood poisoning? |
Streptococci |
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What bacteria can grow in pairs and cause pneumonia? |
Diplococci |
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What bacteria causes Lyme disease and syphilis, is also spiral or corkscrew-shaped |
Spirilla |
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Chemical process that destroys most but not necessarily all harmful organisms on environmental surfaces |
Sanitizing |
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Bacteria generally consist of an outer cell wall containing a liquid called |
Protoplasm |
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The process where bacteria grows into their largest size and then divide into two new cells is |
Binary fission |
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The technical term for head lice |
Pediculosis capitis |
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Disinfectants sold and used in the United States must carry blank registration number |
Environmental Protection Agency |
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Which agency publishes the guidelines known as standard precautions |
EPA |
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What disinfectant has a very high pH that can damage the skin or eyes |
Alcohol and bleach |
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What are antiseptics intended for |
Disinfecting equipment |
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How many categories does the SDS contain |
14 |
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What form of hepatitis is the most difficult to kill on a surface |
Hepatitis C |
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The process that destroys all microbial life is |
Sterilization |
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A disease that is spread from one person to another is called |
Contagious disease |
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The one-celled microorganism having both plant and animal characteristics are called |
Bacteria |
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A disease caused by pathogenic organisms that enter the body and which may or may not be spread from one person to another is |
Infectious disease |
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The removal of bladder other potentially infectious materials on an item's surface and the removal of visible debris or residue is called |
Decontamination |
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What kind of disease affects the body as a whole often do to under or over functioning internal glands or organs |
A systemic disease |
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The virus that causes AIDS |
Human immunodeficiency virus |
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The scientific name for Barber's itch |
Folliculitis barbae |
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The term that describes a ringworm fungus of the foot |
Tinea pedis |
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What disease is produced by organisms including bacteria viruses fungi and parasites |
A pathogenic disease |
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As part of the SDS 16 categories, handling and storage lists precautions for Safe Handling and Storage include |
Incompatibilities |
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What is the term of bacteria moving itself |
Motility |
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To prevent foaming add.. |
Disinfectant to water |
