Milady Chapter 5-1

Cleaning

A mechanical process (scrubbing) using soap and water or detergent and water to remove all visible dirt, debris and many disease-causing germs.

Sanitizing

A chemical process for reducing the number of disease-causing germs on cleaned surfaces to a safe level.

Disinfection

A chemical process that uses specific products to destroy harmful organisms on environmental surfaces.

Safety Data Sheet (SDS)

Contains 16 categories that are required by law to be present on all chemical products.

Disinfectants

chemical products that destroy most bacteria (excluding spores), fungi, and viruses on surfaces.

Hospital Disinfectants

Designated by the EPA as being effective to clean blood and body fluids.

Nonporous

Made/constructed of material that has no pores or openings and cannot absorb liquid

Disease

Abnormal condition of all or part of the body, or its systems or organs, which makes the body incapable of carrying on normal functions

Tuberculocidal Disinfectants

Proven to kill the bacteria that causes tuberculosis in addition to the pathogens destroyed through the use of hospital disinfectants.

Tuberculosis

a disease caused by bacteria that are transmitted through coughing or sneezing and is not transmitted on surfaces

Infection Control

the methods used to eliminate or reduce the transmission of infectious organisms

Infectious Disease

caused by harmful pathogenic organisms that enter the body

Bacteria

one-celled microorganisms that have both plant and animal characteristics

Microorganism

any organism of microscopic or submicroscopic size

Non pathogenic

Harmless microorganisms that may perform useful functions

(most bacteria are non pathogenic)

Pathogenic

harmful microorganisms that can cause disease or infection in humans when they invade the body

Bactericidal

Capable of destroying bacteria

Fungicidal

Capable of destroying fungi

Virucidal

Capable of destroying viruses