For Each Item Listed Below, Select a Sterilant That You

question 64

Essay

For each item listed below, select a sterilant that you feel is the most suitable and effective for that item.Discuss why you selected each sterilant.
A) plastic Petri dishes to be used for nutrient media
B) glass tubes of bacterial cultures to be discarded
C) sterile milk
D) dozens of reusable glass pipets
E) bone tissue for grafting
F) room air
G) hospital mattresses
H) biopsy tissue for histology analysis
I) plastic respiratory therapy equipment and arthroscopes
J) vaccines

• A) plastic Petri dishes to be used for nutrient media
• B) glass tubes of bacterial cultures to be discarded
• C) sterile milk
• D) dozens of reusable glass pipets
• E) bone tissue for grafting
• F) room air
• G) hospital mattresses
• H) biopsy tissue for histology analysis
• I) plastic respiratory therapy equipment and arthroscopes
• J) vaccines

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Definitions:

Increased Preload

A condition in which there is an elevated volume of blood in the ventricles at the end of diastole, before the heart contracts.

Decreased Contractility

A reduction in the strength or ability of a muscle, particularly the heart muscle, to contract, which can affect overall muscle function.

Respiratory Alkalosis

A condition characterized by a decrease in arterial blood carbon dioxide levels, leading to an increase in pH and resulting in alkalosis.

Pulmonary Embolism

A condition where one or more arteries in the lungs become blocked by a blood clot, often leading to shortness of breath, chest pain, and sometimes death if not treated promptly.