
Foundations in Microbiology
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Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11.L1, Problem 2CSR
Summary Introduction
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The main issue in case of clinic-acquired HCV infection.
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A patient had been hospitalized who was found to be infected by HCV. Later on, two more patients with acute HCV were diagnosed. On investigation, it was known that all three patients had endoscopy from same clinic. This led to further investigation of the case.
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Chapter 11 Solutions
Foundations in Microbiology
Ch. 11.1 - Prob. 1ELOCh. 11.1 - Prob. 2ELOCh. 11.1 - 3. Define and differentiate among the major terms...Ch. 11.1 - 4. Characterize the parameters of microbial death,...Ch. 11.1 - 5. Summarize what factors influence the...Ch. 11.1 - 6. Identify the targets of antimicrobial control...Ch. 11.1 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 11.1 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 11.1 - 3. Contrast various microbes and rate their...Ch. 11.1 - 4. Explain how the types and numbers of...
Ch. 11.1 - Prob. 5CYPCh. 11.1 - Prob. 6CYPCh. 11.1 - Prob. 7CYPCh. 11.1 - Prob. 8CYPCh. 11.2 - Prob. 7ELOCh. 11.2 - Prob. 8ELOCh. 11.2 - Prob. 9ELOCh. 11.2 - 10. Differentiate between thermal death point and...Ch. 11.2 - 11. Describe several moist heat methods and their...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 12ELOCh. 11.2 - Prob. 13ELOCh. 11.2 - 9. What happens to microbes that encounter...Ch. 11.2 - 10. Summarize the nature, mode of action, and...Ch. 11.2 - 11. Explain the concepts of TDT and TDP, using...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 12CYPCh. 11.2 - 13. How can the temperature of steam be raised...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 14CYPCh. 11.2 - Prob. 15CYPCh. 11.2 - 16. Explain why desiccation and cold are not...Ch. 11.3 - Prob. 14ELOCh. 11.3 - 15. Differentiate between ionizing and nonionizing...Ch. 11.3 - Prob. 16ELOCh. 11.3 - Prob. 17ELOCh. 11.3 - Prob. 17CYPCh. 11.3 - Prob. 18CYPCh. 11.3 - 19. What are some advantages and disadvantages of...Ch. 11.3 - Prob. 20CYPCh. 11.3 - Prob. 21CYPCh. 11.4 - Prob. 18ELOCh. 11.4 - 19. Explain the desirable features of...Ch. 11.4 - 20. Describe the types of halogens, their modes of...Ch. 11.4 - 21. Identify the characteristics of phenolic...Ch. 11.4 - 22. Describe the characteristics of oxidizing...Ch. 11.4 - Prob. 23ELOCh. 11.4 - 24. Explain how detergents, soaps, and heavy...Ch. 11.4 - 22. Describe situations that require high-level...Ch. 11.4 - 23. What is the difference between a tincture and...Ch. 11.4 - 24. Define sterilant, and name the principal...Ch. 11.4 - 25. Summarize the chief forms and uses of chlorine...Ch. 11.4 - 26. What are the superior characteristics of...Ch. 11.4 - 27. What are the modes of action of alcohols and...Ch. 11.4 - 28. Why is hydrogen peroxide solution so effective...Ch. 11.4 - 29. Give the uses and disadvantages of the heavy...Ch. 11.4 - 30. What does it mean to say that a chemical has...Ch. 11.L1 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 11.L1 - 7. The primary action of ______ heat is to ______....Ch. 11.L1 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 11.L1 - 9. Microbe(s) that is/are the target(s) of...Ch. 11.L1 - 10. Ionizing radiation like _________ removes...Ch. 11.L1 - Prob. 11MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 12MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 13MCQCh. 11.L1 - 14. A chemical with sporicidal properties is a....Ch. 11.L1 - 15. Silver sulfadiazine is used a. in antisepsis...Ch. 11.L1 - Prob. 16MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 17MCQCh. 11.L1 - 1. How would one best describe the state of being...Ch. 11.L1 - Prob. 2CSRCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 3CSRCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 1WCCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 2WCCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 3WCCh. 11.L1 - 4. Think of three situations in which the same...Ch. 11.L1 - 5. Explain what features of endospores make them...Ch. 11.L1 - 6. Explain some of the problems involved in...Ch. 11.L1 - 7. The shelf life and keeping qualities of fruit...Ch. 11.L2 - 1. For each item on the following list, propose a...Ch. 11.L2 - Prob. 2CTCh. 11.L2 - 3. It may seem contradictory that lyophilization...Ch. 11.L2 - 4. A supermarket/drugstore assignment: Look at the...Ch. 11.L2 - 5. Devise an experiment that will differentiate...Ch. 11.L2 - 6. There is quite a bit of concern that chlorine...Ch. 11.L2 - 7. Was the source patient in the case study most...Ch. 11.L2 - 8. Explain why surfactant chemicals are more...Ch. 11.L2 - From chapter 2, figure 2.20. Study this...Ch. 11.L2 - 2. Explain what is happening with this graph that...
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