Assume That You Are Responsible for Decontaminating Materials in a Large

question 51

Essay

Assume that you are responsible for decontaminating materials in a large hospital.How would you sterilize each of the following? Briefly justify your answers.
a.a mattress used by a patient with bubonic plague
b.intravenous glucose-saline solutions
c.used disposable syringes
d.tissues taken from patients

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Definitions:

Production Possibilities Curve

A graph that shows the maximum possible output combinations of two goods or services an economy can achieve when all resources are fully and efficiently utilized.

Bowed Outward

Refers to the shape of a production possibility frontier that shows increasing opportunity costs as production shifts between two goods.

Absolute Advantage

A situation in which a nation, as the result of its previous experience and/or natural endowments, can produce more of a good (with the same amount of resources) than another nation can.

Comparative Advantage

The ability of a country or firm to produce a particular good or service at a lower opportunity cost than its trading partners, leading to specialized production and trade benefits.