MICROBIOLOGY STERILE PROCESSING TECHNICIAN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A

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MICROBIOLOGY STERILE PROCESSING TECHNICIAN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A Why do we need to study Microbiology? ✔✔To prevent infections Branch of biology that deals with _________________ and their effects on other living organism. ✔✔Microorganism Are all microorganism bad for us ? ✔✔No Are some microorganism good or even essential for us? ✔✔Yes It's the study of microscopic life measured in __________? ✔✔Microns A micron is measured as ____________ of an inch. ✔✔1/25 thousand Why is it imperative that we need to learn microbiology? ✔✔To have a basic understanding of ... 1. What they are 2. How are they transmitted 3. How to control them in our enviroment What benefits can be attained by understanding microbiology? ✔✔To give CS/SPD employees a better decision - making process in selecting..... 1. Cleaning Agents 2. Dis infections 3. SterilizationWhat are the types of Microorganism? ✔✔1. Bacteria 2. Virus 3. Protozoa 4. Fungi What is not considered a microorganism but is of great concern within the healthcare industry? ✔✔Prions : It is an abnormal protein in the brain resembling virus that does not contain DNA or RNA. What language are most organism derived from? ✔✔Latin What are the two scientific names assigned to each organism? ✔✔1st = Genus (general category) Capitalized 2nd = Species (not capitalized) Bacteria are classified as being either ✔✔Pathogenic (disease producing) or Non-Pathogenic (nondisease producing) What is used to classify bacteria? ✔✔Gram Stain Who developed Gram Stain? ✔✔Hans Christian Gram What is Gram Stain used for ? ✔✔Identifying different bacteria What are the 2 largest groups of Gram? ✔✔1. Gram Positive 2. Gram Negative What is one of the most useful staining technique in medial microbiology? ✔✔The Gram MethodWhat color does a gram-positive stain microorganism indicate? ✔✔purple/blue What color does a gram-negative stain microorganism indicate? ✔✔red/pink By identifying bacteria with the gram stain method, what can be benefited? ✔✔It helps to determine which drug will be most effective against a disease What does unicellular mean? ✔✔Each consist of one cell How is unicellular reproduce? ✔✔By binary fission. During this process the DNA is copied and the cell splits into two cells What do bacteria need? ✔✔1. Warmth (ideal human body temperature is 98.6 F/ 37 C) 2. Food (minerals, proteins, carbohydrates) 3. Subdued light/darkness 4. Alkaline (PH level grerater than 7) 5. Eliminate of waste mineral 6. Oxygen 7. Water (this is the major necessity for bacteria to survive) Bacteria may live on relative requirements such as oxygen (O2) ✔✔Aerobic/ areobes = require oxygen Anaerobic/ anaerobes = do not require oxygen Why is important for us to know what is required for a bacteria to survive? ✔✔To be able to kill or inhibit the growth of microorganism

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