| A | B |
|---|
| Antibiotics | Drugs whose chemical components alter the metabolic process of microorganisms |
| Antimicrobial agents | chemicals that limit the numbers of infectious microorganisms by destroying or suppressing their growth |
| Antiseptics | chemicals, like alcohol that inhibit, but do not completely kill microorganisms |
| Asepsis | the practice that decrease or eliminate infectious agents, their reservoirs, and vehicles for transmission |
| Disinfectants | actually destroy active microorganisms, but not spores |
| Nosocomial infections | hospital aquired infections |
| Reservoir | a place where microbes grow and reproduce |
| Handwashing | an aseptic practice that removes transient and resident microorganisms for the hands |
| Medical Asepsis | also called clean technique |
| Nonpathogens | generally harmless microorganisms |
| Pathogens | have a high potential for causing infections and contagious diseases |
| Normal Flora | microorganisms that live within and on humans that are beneficial for the survival of humans |
| Surgical asepsis | also known as sterile technique used to keep contamination of items from microorganisms totally |
| Sterilization | technique used to destroy all microorganisms including spores |
