NURS 3110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Phenol, Irradiation, Bile Acid
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Sterilize: would have to monitor who goes in/out, highly unlikely. Disinfect: disinfecting the microbe of interest, chemical in solution that is bactericide (target/kill bacteria, target vegetative organism, sporulating organisms, you need a sporicide. Contrast techniques to accomplish sterilization or decontamination. The destruction or removal or vegetative pathogens but not bacterial endospores; usually used only on inanimate objects: antisepsis: decontamination on patient or self (disinfect skin or other bodily areas) (hydrogen peroxide, isopropyl alcohol, iodine solutions) Things that could be done to accomplish the end means you are looking for. 3 broad categories of microbial control methods: physical agents, chemical agents and mechanical removal methods: physical: sterilize, heat, moist, steam under pressure (sterilization, boiling water, hot water pasteurization (disinfection, dry, dry oven (sterilization) Ionizing: x-ray, cathode, gamma (sterilization, nonionizing, uv (disinfection, chemical: disinfect, gases (sterilization and disinfection) Inanimate (disinfection and sterilization: mechanical: both, filtration, air (disinfection) New topic: tb: virulent, lives outside body for long periods of time, hard to disinfect.
