Disinfectants

Disinfectants are the same as biocides.

Disinfectants kill all types of microorganisms.

Disinfectants are less effective than sterilization. (correct)

Disinfectants destroy microorganisms within the body.

To destroy all forms of life

To interfere with the metabolism of microorganisms

To reduce the amount of pathogenic microorganisms on a surface (correct)

To kill resistant bacterial spores

By killing resistant bacterial spores

By destroying the cell wall of microbes (correct)

By destroying all types of life

By interfering with the metabolism of microorganisms

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