What is the definition of asepsis?
The absence of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms.
What is the term for ‘the removal of microorganisms but not necessarily spores’?
Disinfection
What is an agent that destroys microorganisms and used on inanimate objects?
Disinfectant
What is the definition of antisepsis?
Antisepsis is the destruction or inhibition of microorganisms using an agent that may be applied to living tissue.
What is the definition of endogenous?
Microorganisms that originate from within the body.
What is the term for ‘microorganisms found on the skin or coat of an animal’?
Exogenous
What temperature do Bowie-Dick tape indicators change colour?
121 degrees
What type of sterilisation indicator changes colour following prolonged exposure to ethylene oxide?
Indicator stickers
What type of sterilisation indicator can be purchased to change at different temperatures? And what are the temperatures?
Browne’s tubes, 121, 126 and 134.
What can the sterilisation processes be divided into?
Heat and cold sterilisation
What is the temperature range for a horizontal/vertical downward-pressure autoclave?
112 - 134 degrees
What does cold sterilisation include?
Ethylene oxide
Commercial solutions
Chemical, alcohol based
Gamma radiation
