Define sterilization.

Q: Describe several moist heat methods and their chief applications for sterilization and disinfection.

A: Disinfection is reducing or eliminating the number of microorganisms from the surface of the…

Q: What advantages do solid media offer for the isolation ofmicroorganisms?

A: Micro-organism are those that cannot be seen by the naked eye, but are visible under microscopes.…

Q: Define sterilisation.

A: Microorganisms are very small organisms that cannot be seen by naked eyes. They are mostly…

Q: Define sterilization in terms of microbiology.

A: Sterilization is a process by which all the possible living forms like bacteria, fungi, protozoa and…

Q: Define sterilant, disinfectant, sanitizer, antiseptic, germicide and bacteriostatic.

A: Germs are microscopic organisms that are not visible to the naked eye but can be seen through…

Q: explain why disinfectants that has a residual is preferable to one that does not

A: Introduction Disinfectants are chemical substances or compounds that are used to kill or inactivate…

Q: Explain the difference between sterilization, disinfection, antisepsis, pasteurization? Give…

A: Microorganisms are present everywhere. They are not visible with naked eyes but are present at…

Q: The inhibition of bacterial growth and reproduction without necessarily destroying the organisms is…

A: The growth and reproduction of bacteria depends on saveral factors. For the inhibition of the growth…

Q: Why is it important to become familiar with the microbiology laboratory's apparatus and equipment?

A: You should always know your lab equipment well before you do any type of experiment because without…

Q: Clearly define the terms sterilization, disinfection, decontamination, sanitization, antisepsis, and…

A: Hygiene stands for some practices that are performed to preserve health. Most of the microbes, which…

Q: What is the correlation between radiation “energy” and the mechanisms of sterilization?

A: Safety is of utmost importance while working with any contagious or pathogenic substance or living…

Q: Describe the step by step method of preparing culture media in microbiology.

A: Culture media are the media or the substrate used to grow microorganisms.  There are different types…

Q: Why is it important to use sterile practices when working with microorganisms?

A: Microscopic organisms such as bacteria, fungi (mold and yeast), protists, archaea, algae,…

Q: What is the difference between cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting?

A: Cleaning, sanitization and disinfection are the process of making an area free from all the visible…

Q: What is the principle behind sterilizing media before use and before disposal

A: Microorganisms may be beneficial or harmful. The harmful microorganism causes many infections which…

Q: Describe situations that require high-level disinfection and thosefor which medium- or low-level…

A: Step 1 Disinfection involves the use of a chemical sterilant or agent to eliminate virtually all…

Q: What are some advantages and disadvantages of using ionizing radiation to sterilize food?

A: Sterilization involves physical methods for removing or controlling the microbes. The physical…

Q: What is an alternative to autoclaving for sterilizing heat-sensitive materials?

A: Any process that kills, eliminates, deactivates, or removes all forms of microorganisms and…

Q: What is selective medium?

A: Description of a selective medium.

Q: Define the term “colony” as it relates to bacterial growth on solid media.

A: The pure culture techniques are carried out in the microbial laboratories, where the microbes of…

Q: Compare and contrast the action of alcohols, halogens, and ­oxidizing agents in controlling…

A: Alcohol is used as disinfectant for centuries.Alcohol is extremely effective in fight against single…

Q: Can hand sanitizer kill bacteria?

A: Sanitizer is referred to as any substance or fluid that is used to prevent the spread of pathogens…

Q: Describe the five phases of a microbial growth curve observed when microbes are grown in a batch…

A: Introduction: Bacteria is unicellular prokaryotic organism that can survive in any kind of…

Q: Distinguish heat sterilization and "commercial sterility".

A: lowering the prevalence of harmful bacteria until they are no longer a health threat. usually…

Q: Why must you first clean debris from items before beginning disinfection or sterilization? (

A: Until the discovery of the microbes by the famous scientist Louis Pasteur, one of the signs of the…

Q: Describe the five phases of a microbial growth curve observed when growing microbes are grown in…

A: The bacterial growth curve represents the number of live cells in a bacterial population over a…

Q: Differentiate sterilization from disinfection.

A: Methods to remove unwanted microbes from the surfaces, clothes, and bodies are important.…

Q: Distinguish the difference between a sterile media plate and a contaminated media plate.

A: streaking is a method to extract pure culture organisms from a different population of…

Q: In a tabulated form, differentiate the physical and chemical methods of sterilization.

A: The microbiological technique that is performed for the removal, killing, or deactivation of…

Q: selective agar media for gram-positive bacteria?

A: Phenyl Ethyl Alcohol Blood Agar is a selective media for gram positive bacteria.

Q: Describe the concept behind sterilization by fi ltration, including examples of applications.

A: While working in a laboratory, aseptic conditions have to be maintained. This means that the lab has…

Q: What products are sterilized using high energy ionizing radiation?

A: Sterilization is the process of killing microorganisms.

Q: explain Bacterial cultures.

A: Bacterial culture is a microbial test to determine the type of organism, its abundance in the sample…

Q: Why is the sterilization important in healthcare system and can you give briefly explain?

A: Medical sterilization mainly makes use of three important terms such as sterilization, disinfection…

Q: How to reduce or eliminate aerial contamination inside the laboratory?

A: Indoor air quality (IAQ) : To main the indoor air quality becomes an important aspect especially in…

Q: Define radiation and assess the use of irradiation as a method ofmicrobial control.

A: The phenomenon of microbial growth deals with the control or inhibition of the growth of…

Q: What is the difference between disinfection, antisepsis, and sterilization?

A: Microorganisms are present every where. They are not visible with naked eyes but are present at…

Q: explain how bacteria can develop resistance to chemical disinfectants

A: Biocide resistance to biocides is bought about by Intrinsic resistance or (intrinsic…

Q: Why is chlorination, although beneficial in terms of bacterial pathogen control, of environmental…

A: Chlorination is a disinfection procedure in which microorganisms are killed by the use of chlorine…

Q: What is the difference between a disinfectant and an antiseptic?

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