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Disinfectants
POS 207 Disinfection techniques
Question | Answer |
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broad spectrum activity | capable of killing a wide range of microbes |
clinical contact surface | surface touched by contaminated hands, instruments, or spatter duing dental treatment |
fungicidal | a product that is capable of killing fungi |
glutaraldehyde | EPA registered high level disinfectant |
greener infection control | minimizing the environmental impact of infection control products and procedures |
high level disinfectant | hospital disinfectant with tuberculocidal activity |
immersion disinfectant | disinfectant used for immersion of heat sensitive instruments |
intermediate disinfectant | liquid disinfectant with EPA registration as a hospital disinfectant with tuberculocidal activity used for disinfecting an operating room |
low level disinfectant | disinfectant that destroys certain viruses and fungi; used for general housecleaning. |
single use items | items used on only one patient and then are thrown away. |
tuberculocidal | capable of inactivating tuberculosis causing microorganisms |
virucidal | capable of killing some viruses |