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:

Nit Comb

A fine-toothed comb designed for the removal of lice eggs (nits) from human hair.

Human Organ

Any part of the body that performs a specific function or group of functions, such as the heart, liver, or lungs.

Nailbrush

A small brush used for cleaning the nails and removing dirt from underneath the fingernails and toenails.

Fingernail

The hard, protective covering on the upper surface of the ends of fingers, made of a protein called keratin.