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Flashcards by Chrissie Kelby, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Chrissie Kelby
about 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Social Cleanliness | Clean to a level that is socially acceptable for personal hygiene. Not disinfected or sterilised |
| Disinfection | Killing of bacteria, fungi and some viruses but not spores Normally by use of special chemicals |
| Sterilisation | Killing all micro-organisms and spores to produce asepsis Autoclave needed and process happens under steam and high pressures |
| Decontamination | Process of of removing those things that contaminate from reusable items so that they are safe to be used again. Involves 4 stages: cleaning, disinfection, inspection, sterilisation. |
| Asepsis | Absence of all living pathogenic micro-organisms |
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