SANITIZATION, STERILIZATION, DISINFECTION TERMINOLOGY
ASEPSIS FREE OF GERMS, ABSENCE OF GERMS OR MICROORGANISMS
ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE –
CONTAINMENT OF MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION ON ANIMATE SURFACES VIA
MECHANICAL AND/OR CHEMICAL MEANS.
ANTISEPSIS –
INFECTION PREVENTION THROUGH THE INHIBITION OF MICROBIAL GROWTH
BIOBURDEN –
ACTUAL OR SUSPECTED RELATIVE NUMBER OF MICROORGANISMS FOUND IN AN AREA
OR ON AN ITEM
BIORESISTANCE –
MICROBIAL RESISTANCE TO ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS
CAPACITY –
SIZE AND SPACE REQUIRED VS. THAT AVAILABLE FOR INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT
“CIDE OR CIDAL” –
SUFFIX – CAUSING DEATH OR PERTAINING TO KILLING
EXAMPLES – BACTERIACIDAL (KILLS BACTERIA), FUNGICIDAL (KILLS FUNGUS),
TUBERCULOCIDAL (KILLS TUBERCULOSIS), VIRUCIDAL (KILLS VIRUSES)
CONCENTRATION –
RATIO OF STERILIZING AGENT RELATIVE TO AIR OR OTHER SUBSTANCE
DISINFECTANT –
CHEMICAL AGENT THAT DESTROYS MICROORGANISMS.
DISINFECTION –
THE PROCESS OF DESTROYING ALL MICROORGANISMS, EXCEPT SPORE-BEARING ONES.
ENDOGENOUS –
PERTAINING TO A DISEASE CAUSED BY A BACTERIAL OR VIRAL AGENT WITHIN THE
BODY.
EXOGENOUS –
PERTAINING TO A DISEASE CAUSED BY A BACTERIAL OR VIRAL AGENT FOREIGN TO
(OUTSIDE) THE BODY.
GERMICIDE –
AGENT THAT DESTROYS GERMS
MEDICAL ASEPSIS –
REMOVAL AND/OR DESTRUCTION OF MICROORGANISMS OR CONTAMINATED MATERIALS
PSEUDOMONACIDAL –
CHEMICAL AGENT THAT KILLS PSEUDOMONAS BACTERIA WHICH COMMONLY CAUSES
INFECTIONS IN WOUNDS, BURNS AND URINARY TRACT.
SANITIZATION –
A MEANS OF REDUCING MICROBES
SENSITIVITY – DURABILITY OF THE PRODUCT AGAINST HEAT, PRESSURE, CHEMICALS,
ETC.
SPORICIDAL
AGENT CAPABLE OF KILLING SPORE FORMING ORGANISMS IN THE FREE SPORE STATE.
STERILANT –
SUBSTANCE THAT KILLS ALL FORMS OF LIVING MATTER INCLUDING SPORE BEARING
ONES
STERILIZATION –
THE PROCESS OF DESTROYING ALL MICROORGANISMS INCLUDING VIRUSES, FUNTI AND
FUNGAL SPORES AND ALL FORMS OF BACTERIA AND THEIR SPORES BY USING STERILANT
OR SPORICIDAL AGENTS.
SURGICAL ASEPSIS –
PROTECTION AGAINST WOUND INFECTION, PRE, INTER, AND POST OPERATIVELY
THROUGH ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE