Sterilization and Disinfection Process Quiz

Decontamination removes, inactivates, or destroys living organisms on a surface to make them no longer infectious

Different disinfectants have different target ranges, not all disinfectants can kill all microorganisms

Sterilization kills all microorganisms, including bacterial spores, while disinfection eliminates most pathogenic microorganisms but not bacterial spores

<p>To reduce microbes on eating utensils to safe, acceptable levels for public health</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Filtration</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Asepsis focuses on achieving a microbe-free environment, while antisepsis targets making skin or mucus membranes devoid of pathogenic microorganisms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A condition where bacteria are inhibited in their multiplication without being killed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The presence of organic material</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sunlight</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Substances produced by one microbe that inhibits or kills another microbe.</p> Signup and view all the answers