The Control of Microbial Growth Chapter 7

1. Terminology
   1. Nosocomial
   2. Sterilization
      1. commercial sterilization
   3. Disinfection
      1. disinfectant
      2. antiseptic
   4. Sanitization
   5. Degerming
   6. -cide
   7. -stat or -stasis
   8. Sepsis
   9. Asepsis
2. Rate of Death
   1. Factors
3. Physical Methods of Control
   1. Heat
      1. moist heat
         1. boiling
         2. autoclave
         3. pasteurization
            1. Classic
            2. HTST
            3. UHT
      2. dry heat
   2. Filtration
   3. Low Temp
   4. High pressure
   5. Dessication
   6. Osmotic Pressure
   7. Radiation
      1. ionizing radiation
      2. nonionizing radiation U.V.
         1. thymine dimers
4. Chemical Methods of Control
   1. Evaluation
      1. use-dilution test
      2. disk-diffusion method = Kirby-Bauer test
         1. zone if inhibition
   2. Types of Disinfectants
      1. phenol
         1. phenolics
         2. bisphenols
      2. biguanides
      3. halogens
         1. iodine
            1. tincture
            2. iodophor
         2. chlorine
      4. alcohols
      5. heavy metals
         1. oligodynamic action
         2. surfactants
         3. soaps and detergents
         4. acid-anionic sanitizers
         5. Quats
      6. chemical food preservatives
         1. organic acids
      7. antibiotics
      8. aldehydes
      9. gaseous sterilants
      10. plasmas
      11. oxidizing agents
          1. peroxygens
          2. ozone