Microbiologists
He was famous for the importance of hand hygiene/ washing
Who is Holmes/Semmelweis?
This has a structure that cause certain bacteria to attach to surfaces.
What is a Fimbriae?
This type of sterilizer uses steam under pressure/moist heat under pressure.
What is a steam autoclave?
This disinfectant is Tuberculocidal,virucidal, bactericidal, and is broad-spectrum sanitizing.
What is acclerated hydrogen peroxide?
This prion causing what nervous system disease
What is Creutzfelt-Jacob disease?
He discovered a "specific causative agent of disease"
Who is Koch?
This is also known as a naked microorganism.
What is an enveloped virus?
This item should be placed at the front of the chamber on the bottom shelf for each sterilization cycle.
What is a biological indicator?
This kills vegetative bacteria, most fungi and viruses, TB) but NOT spores
What is an intermediate disinfectant?
This structure is used by bacteriophages to attach to host cell receptors.
What are tail fibers?
He discovered the importance of surface disinfection
Who is Lister?
Animal, Plant, Fungi, Protista are classified in this 5 system.
What is Whittaker’s Five Kingdom system?
These type of item must receive high level disinfection.
What is semi critical and critical items?
This disinfectant is Intermediate level and tuberculocidal.
What is a Synthetic Phenolics?
This type of pathogen causes disease in compromised individuals.
What is an opportunistic pathogen?
He was the person who linked disease to infection.
Who is Pasteur?
They appear under a microscope as irregular cluster of spherical cells
What are Staphylococcus?
They are resistant to heat, chemical and radiation destruction and considered metabolically dormant.
What are endospores?
This is used as a low level disinfectant
What is quaternary ammonium?
This type of fungal infection has a "cottage cheese” appearance on the surface of the mucous membranes ?
What is Pseudomembranous Candida albicans?
He discovered that infrared radiation could irradiate bacterial spores
Who is Tyndall?
This type of cell contains a nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, Lysosomes.
What is a eukaryotic cell?
This type of bacteria is used as a biological indicator
What is Geobacillus stearothermophilus
This level of disinfectant can kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis
What is an intermediate level disinfectant?
This microorganism is the cause of Creutzfelt-Jacob disease that affects the nervous system
What is a prion?