Q: disinfectants, antiseptics and antibiotics
A: Disinfectants are a type of chemicals that destroy pathogens of causing of disease or other harmful…
Q: can the same chemical be used for an antiseptic and a disinfectant?
A: Antiseptic - These can slow down the growth as well as can kill the microbes, but do not harm the…
Q: Why is it important to limit the quantity of cells used to prepare a smear?
A: A thin layer of cells or tissues that are taken from the body of an organism under study which is…
Q: Why is Hydrogen peroxide solution so effective against anaerobes?
A: Hydrogen peroxide is a chemical compound that is acts as mild antiseptic. It is also an endogenous…
Q: What is the importance of an antimicrobial removal device (ARD) blood culture system?
A: The antimicrobial removal device is used to remove the antibiotics which which are present as a…
Q: Does the Gram stain provide information regarding a bacterium's susceptibility to antimicrobial…
A: The Gram stain is performed for the determination and classification of the bacteria. In Gram…
Q: Why are antimicrobials inhibited in the presence of organic matter?
A: The different types of anti-microbials are anti-parasitic, anti-fungals, anti-bacterials, and…
Q: What is the importance of an antimicrobial removal device (ARD)?
A: The antimicrobial removal device (ARD) is a device that removes antibiotic residues from blood…
Q: Explain the desirable features of antimicrobial chemicals and what factors infl uence their eff…
A: The desirable features of an antimicrobial chemical include the following:It should be effective…
Q: Why is it important for a microbiology laboratory technician to use aseptic technique?
A: The majority of the microbes onto which scientists work in laboratories are known pathogens.
Q: How do hydrogen peroxide agents work and what is their best application as an antimicrobial?
A: Disinfectants are chemical agents applied to non-living objects to destroy bacteria, viruses, fungi,…
Q: What is the connection between certain antimicrobial drugs and superinfections?
A: A microorganism develops an adaptive response towards antimicrobial drugs and is called drug…
Q: What is microbial death? What factors affect the microbial death? What aremicrobisidal and…
A: The microbiology studies about both the diseases causing microbes and beneficiary microbes, about…
Q: What is the outcome of the use of antimicrobials?
A: There are a variety of microbes present in the environment. Microbes can be bacteria, viruses,…
Q: What factors influence the size of the zone of inhibition for an antimicrobial?
A: Testing of effectiveness of anti microbial drugs against microbes are important in identification of…
Q: What is the differece between disinfection and sterilization? What is the dfference between…
A: Disinfection and sterilization are essential for ensuring that medical and surgical instruments do…
Q: Explain the process of drug powder aerosolization process from a DPI? Please answer at your own…
A: Drug powder inhalers (DPIs) are medical devices that are used by patients to deliver dry powder…
Q: Design an experiment to determine whether an antimicrobial agent is acting as a cidal or static…
A: A cidal agent means that it causes death of an organism. A static agent does not directly kill the…
Q: Why are antimicrobial processes inhibited in the presence of extraneous organic matter?
A: The extraneous organic material denotes the blood, serum, pus, etc. Here we will know why the…
Q: Distinguish between a sterilant, a disinfectant, and anantiseptic. What is cold sterilization?
A: The human environment is filled with microorganisms. These tiny organisms are found everywhere on…
Q: What are the similarities and differences between the functions of antibiotics, antiseptics, and…
A: Antibiotics: It is a type of antimicrobial substance which are active against bacterial infections.…
Q: What is the difference between cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting?
A: Cleaning, sanitization and disinfection are the process of making an area free from all the visible…
Q: Why are traditional tests such as metabolic test not always used to ID clinically important…
A: Traditional methods for identification of microbes include phenotypic tests or biochemical tests…
Q: For what purposes is alcohol a useful antiseptic?
A: A microorganism is a microscopic organism which may exist in its single-celled form or in a colony…
Q: What is the relationship between antimicrobial and antibiotics?
A: Antibiotics are agents or durgs that is used to treat all type of bacterial infections. While…
Q: Disinfectants are effective against which types of organisms? Which types of organisms may remain on…
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Q: Why are gram-negative bacteria more resistant than gram-positive bacteria to the cytoplasmic target…
A: Antibiotics are a type of microbial substances which are active against bacterial cells and it is…
Q: Why are most antimicrobial chemical agents disinfectants rather than sterilants? What general…
A: Most chemical antimicrobial agents are disinfectants instead of sterilants. A disinfectant reduces…
Q: Is UV treament more or less effective than disinfection when used against Saphylococcus aureus?
A: Saphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive bacterium that is found in the human nose, skin, and…
Q: Do you think UVC disinfection of N95 face masks is effective? Give two (2) important considerations…
A: N95 filtering facepiece respirator or N95 mask is a piece of personal protective equipment that…
Q: microbial sensivity lab: in the procedure used to test bacterial growth against various temperatures…
A: Growth of bacteria differs with varying temperature. Bacteria grows rapidly in the temperature range…
Q: In hospitals they remove potential pathogens from surfaces using------------: Antiseptics…
A: Sterilization It is a process of complete removal of micro-organism. It include several methods such…
Q: How does smear preparation of cells from a liquid medium differ from preparation of cells from a…
A: Answer: Smear Preparation is the method in microbiology laboratories to place the small amount of…
Q: Explain the desirable features of antimicrobial chemicals and whatfactors influence their…
A: A disease is a state of unhealthiness of the physical body, mind and social interaction. A disease…
Q: Which is better to use in washing clothes, soap or synthetic detergent? Explain
A: Detergents are the surfactants or the mixture of surfactants. Surfactants are the compounds that…
Q: which antiseptic do you think will be most effective against the probiotic? Why?
A: Probiotics are live microorganisms that have direct health benefits when consumed . They are usually…
Q: Why does hydrogen peroxide are most effective against probiotics?
A: Hydrogen peroxide is a peroxide. It acts as an oxidizing agent
Q: Which of the following groups of antimicrobial drugs selectively targets bacterial cell wall…
A: Antibiotics are the medicines which are used to cure infections which are caused by bacteria. These…
Q: How does being in a biofilm affect an organism’s susceptibility to antimicrobial agents?
A: Introduction Microorganisms can be found living in colony or in solitary. However, sometimes…
Q: In which growth phase are microorganisms most sensitive to antimicrobial agents? Why?
A: Bacterial growth means that bacteria divides and result in the formation of daughter cells. There…
Q: What are the tests to determine the level of antimicrobial activity of a antimicrobial agent? How…
A: Antibiotic disc diffusion study is also known as the Kirby-Bauer method in which the susceptibility…
Q: Define radiation and assess the use of irradiation as a method ofmicrobial control.
A: The phenomenon of microbial growth deals with the control or inhibition of the growth of…
Q: What are the characteristics of an ideal antimicrobial agent?
A: Microorganisms have a very large world. Some are beneficial to live creatures, while others are…
Q: How can microbial levels be controlled on the skin? On surfaces in the environment? In the air?
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Q: explain how bacteria can develop resistance to chemical disinfectants
A: Biocide resistance to biocides is bought about by Intrinsic resistance or (intrinsic…
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- The term _________________________________ means pertaining to a virus. viral virileWhich of the following is most susceptible to antimicrobial agents? mycobacteria bacterial endospores protozoan cysts vegetative bacteriaWhich type of pathogen is the easiest to destroy? Gram-negative bacilli Naked viruses Prions Gram-positive cocci Endospores
- You arrived in Butte County after the Camp Fire devastated the community of Paradise and the surrounding area. In the shelters, there is an outbreak of Norovirus causing diarhea. You take food and tap water/drinking water samples from several sources. Which medium would you use to select for the growth of Gram-negative fecal bacteria from the food and water samples? TSA O MacConkey Sab Blood AgarWhat structures are found on agar plates when the bacteriophage T4 has penetrated Escherichia col? O colonies color change no color change plaquesAn infection that stays in a specific location is a infection. O Focal O Localized O Systemic
- When a bacterium is pathogenic, how does it affect its host (the plant or animal that the bacterium lives in or on)? it causes disease in the host it benefits the host it definitely improves the host’s environment it has no effect on the hostWhich general group of microbes cannot be isolated in pure culture? Fungi Protozoa Viruses HelminthsViral meningitis is usually less severe than bacterial meningitis usually more severe than bacterial meningitis usually less severe than common cold O usually less severe than a pimpel
- An infection that starts in one location but is allowed to spread through the body is called a infection. O Systemic O Focal O LocalizedWhich of these microbes is a virus? HIV SARS-COV-2 O Herpes zoster O all of the aboveWhich of the following diseases is NOT associated with bacteria that form endospores? tetanus anthrax toxic shock syndrome botulism gangrene