Should you sample an area for microbial growth before or after sanitization? Eplain why.

Q: List two methods of high level disinfection.

A: The major difference between sterilization and disinfection is that sterilization involves the…

Q: A glass flask is rinsed and autoclaved after use. It was then filled with sterile media in a sterile…

A: Introduction Microbes or microorganisms may be found on almost every surface, in the air we breathe,…

Q: Select all methods that can be used disinfecting medical devices. Thermal UV Chemical Steam…

A: Disinfection is the process of  eliminating the pathogenic organism from the surface except some…

Q: There is definitely survival of some microorganisms even after alcohol treatment. Without staining…

A: Bacteria are microscopic single-celled organisms that thrive in diverse environmental conditions.…

Q: Why bleach disinfectant will the most effective against probiotic?

A: Probiotics are live microorganisms that have health benefits when consumed. These are usually…

Q: Which one of the following methods of antimicrobial susceptibility testing requires a dilution…

A: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing is a method which is used for determination of antimicrobials…

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: What are the approaches for sterilization during the production of sterile products? Please answer…

A: destruction or complete removal of all living organisms and their spores is called as sterilization.…

Q: Which of the following antimicrobial control methods would likely not beused in the clinical setting…

A: Sterilization alludes to any interaction that eliminates, murders, or deactivates all types of life…

Q: In the laboratory, autoclaving is required to prepare media for the growth of What type of method of…

A: The most effective method by which we sterilize the laboratory instruments is known as autoclaving.

Q: Name 4 different sterilization/disinfecting methods, how they fight microbes,

A: STERILIZATION :  It is the process in which removal of all the living forms (microorganisms) and…

Q: Compare and contrast antisepsis, disinfection, sanitization, and sterilization with regard to…

A: Microbes are the microscopic organisms that grow on different objects and surfaces in the…

Q: How do we prepare smear

A: The preparation of a smear is required for many laboratory procedures, including the Gram-stain, for…

Q: How do you sterilize the following? petri dish inoculating loop culture media test tube…

A: Sterilization of following- petri dish - By using autoclave or by a series of steps that includes…

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: Remove the agar plate from its lid with the left hand. While holding the plate, inoculate the agar…

A: Introduction -- Microbes are around and every where in environment. Sterile agar plates which…

Q: Why might viable cell cultures be of more use in microbialtaxonomy than preserved specimens?

A: Microbial taxonomy is a field of biological sciences that deals with the grouping of microorganisms…

Q: If a yellow halo is present around a colony on a mannitol salt agar (MSA) plate, the bacterium…

A: Manitol Salt Agar (MSA) in used in lab, mostly for selective and differential growth of microbial…

Q: not test water samples directly for Salmonella typhosa or other pathogens

A: There are serious limitations to the use of direct isolation of specific pathogenic bacteria for…

Q: Correlate antisepsis, sanitization, disinfection, and sterilization with agent effectiveness

A: A microorganism or organism is a creature which is minute, which implies so little that individuals…

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: Which process gets rid of the most germs on a surface? decontamination disinfection sterilization

A: Removal of microorganisms from surfaces such as benchtops in a microbiology laboratory and in…

Q: 3. For each category of microbial control, list examples. Sterilization Disinfection Sanitization/…

A: All of these are methods are used to prevent infection by slowing or stopping the growth and spread…

Q: there are different methods to be used in order to control opportunistic infection and that includes…

A: Introduction Opportunistic infections (OIs) are infections that affect persons with impaired immune…

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: Microscopic count is used to estimate microbial load of a sample by counting colonies present on the…

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Q: Which of these microbial structures is the most difficult to kill when attempting to sterilize…

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Q: When testing antimicrobial compounds on lawns of plated bacteria, the strongest germicide could…

A: Bacteria are prokaryotic unicellular organisms that are omnipresent in the environment. There are…

Q: Considering microbial identification methods, to which category would the following method belong…

A: There are different types of microbial identification methods, Immunological-Serological analysis,…

Q: Use of chemical agents to destroy microbes on skin or tissues Reinoval of microbes from surfaces by…

A: Pathogen are the organisms that can cause disease or infections after invading the host cells and…

Q: List the microbial targets of disinfecting chemicals, how that affects the microbe, and provide one…

A: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered disinfecting agents as antimicrobial…

Q: Which isolation technique is best used in isolating microorganisms (in countable good plates) from a…

A: The phrase "isolation" in microbiology refers to the separation of a strain from a natural, mixed…

Q: How is UV radiation a good type of control mechanism against microbial growth? Please explain what…

A: UV radiation is a kind of non-ionizing radiation released by the sun and other manmade sources.…

Q: When a disinfectant or antiseptic's effectiveness is expressed as a phenol coefficient, a number…

A: Phenol coefficient:  It is a way to compare bactericidal (killing bacteria) nature of a chemical…

Q: Why don’t health departments routinely test for pathogens instead of using a sewage indicator?

A: The most widely used sewage indicator organisms are fecal coliforms. This is because these microbes…

Q: LZ AMC VA CTR

A: KIRBY BAUER METHOD- The antibiotic sensitivity test is performed by using the agar diffusion method…

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: Which one of the following methods of antimicrobial susceptibility testing combines some of the…

A: Antimicrobial susceptibility tests are performed to identify which drugs are effective against a…

Q: how is UV radiation a good type of control mechanism against microbial growth?please expalin what…

A: Humans have used various physical methods of microbial control for food preservation. Common control…

Q: Explain why desiccation and cold are not reliable methods of disinfectionbut how they can still be…

A: Sterilization is a technique that removes, kills, or deactivates all forms of life and other…

Q: Alcohol hand sanitizers may be used instead of washing with soap and water in all cases except if…

A: Hand sanitizers made with alcohol should include at least 60% ethyl alcohol or isopropyl alcohol.…

Q: Identify the method of preservation and maintenance of microbial cultures based on the period of…

A: Identify the method of preservation and maintenance of microbial cultures based on the period of…

Q: If you suspect that your microbial culture growing in nutrient broth is contaminated, what can you…

A: The contamination refers to the growth of one or more undesired cultures in your pure sample. It can…

Q: List 2 non-chemical means of disinfection.

A: Disinfection refers to the process by which most pathogenic disease-causing microorganisms, except…

Q: Which of the following methods is most sensitive for identifyingdifferent strains of a microbe?a.…

A: Microorganisms or microbes are small living organisms that can be observed with the aid of…