Sterilization and Disinfection
Sterilization and Disinfection: The process of sterilization finds application in microbiology for ,prevention of contamination by extraneous organisms, in surgery for maintenance of asepsis, in food and drug manufacture for ensuring safety from contaminating organism and many other situation.
Sterilization: It is a process by which articles are freed of all micro-organisms both in vegetative or spore state.
Disinfection: It is a process of destruction of pathogenic organisms capable of giving rise to infection.
Antiseptic: It means prevention of infection by inhibiting growth of bacteria.
Bacteriocidal agent’s: They are those which are able to kill bacteria.
Bacteriostatic agents: Only prevent multiplication of bacteria and they may remain alive
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