Agencies/Organizations
The organization that represents dentists.
What is the ADA?
Bacteria that need oxygen to survive.
What are aerobes?
Complete killing of all microorganisms.
What is sterilization?
This link identifies the microorganism.
What is the pathogen?
Apparatus that cleans the instruments.
What is the ultrasonic?
This agency keeps record of the number of people who get a disease.
What is the CDC?
Disease-producing microorganisms
What are pathogens?
Process that kills most but not all microorganisms.
What is disinfection?
This link identifies the animal, person, or plant that holds the microorganism.
What is the host carrier?
This apparatus sterilizes the instruments.
What is the autoclave?
This administration has regulations that protect the employee.
What is OSHA?
These are microorganisms that do not need oxygen to survive.
What are anaerobes?
Disease that can be transmitted from one person to another
What is infectious or contagious?
This link explains who gets sick
Who is the susceptible host?
This is a sanitized environment
What is asepsis?
This agency regulates infectious waste.
What is the EPA?
These microorganisms are not disease-causing.
What are non pathogens?
These will sanitize the skin.
What are antiseptics?
This link explains how the susceptible host got sick.
What is the mode of transmission?
This is an unsanitary environment.
What is asepsis?
This administration regulates PPE, disinfectants, and sterilizers.
What is the FDA?
Microorganisms that enter the body through blood.
What are blood borne pathogens?
This microorganism lives off living matter.
What is a parasite?
This link explains how the microorganism got into the body.
What is the portal of entry?
This microorganism lives off dead matter.
What is a saprophyte?