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Doorknobs, toys and towels can carry microbes from person to person. Such objects are called:Read the answer and worked solution →A lab wipes a bench with bleach, killing most but not all microbes. This process is:Read the answer and worked solution →A bench has been wiped with bleach. That bench is now clean but not:Read the answer and worked solution →A cook kills most kitchen microbes with a natural acid. That household disinfectant is:Read the answer and worked solution →Ordinary disinfection fails to sterilise because some microbes form tough:Read the answer and worked solution →A nurse needs a chemical safe to use on living skin. She needs an:Read the answer and worked solution →Two common antiseptics are isopropyl alcohol and hydrogen:Read the answer and worked solution →A worker scrubs her hands gently with mild soap. That reduction of microbes is:Read the answer and worked solution →Cleaning fomites to a level judged safe for public health is called:Read the answer and worked solution →An agent is labelled a bactericide. That tells you it kills:Read the answer and worked solution →A treatment is called bacteriostatic. That means it stops bacteria from:Read the answer and worked solution →A hospital raises the temperature and the strength of its disinfectant. Microbes then die:Read the answer and worked solution →A lab sterilises glassware with pressurised steam. The device is an:Read the answer and worked solution →Among all the methods available, the one still counted most effective for sterilising is the:Read the answer and worked solution →A standard autoclave run holds the load at about:Read the answer and worked solution →Large industrial autoclaves used by food canners are called:Read the answer and worked solution →A technician checks a strip whose white lines turn black after a run. That is autoclave:Read the answer and worked solution →Autoclave tape turns black but cannot prove sterility because it ignores the:Read the answer and worked solution →Milk is heated enough to kill pathogens but is not made sterile. That process is:Read the answer and worked solution →Milk held at 72 degrees for 15 seconds has undergone which pasteurisation?Read the answer and worked solution →Raisins, prunes and jerky keep for months because they have been:Read the answer and worked solution →A culture is snap frozen and put under vacuum so ice turns straight to vapour. That is:Read the answer and worked solution →
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