The CBSPD technician Certification Study Guide Questions and Answers |Complete Solutions
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Cavitation Process used by an ultrasonic cleaner in which low- pressure bubbles in a
cleaning solution burst inward to dislodge soil from instruments.
Cell Basic unit of life; the smallest structural unit of living organisms capable of performing
all basic life functions.
Cell membrane Outer covering of a cell; regulated what enters and leaves the cell.
Chamber Enclosed area that holds products to be sterilized
Chelating agent. Chemicals that hold hard water minerals in solution and prevent soaps or
detergents from reacting
Chemical indicator. Devices used to monitor the presence or attainment of one or more of
the parameters required for satisfactory sterilization process.
Class 5 integrating chemical indicators are designed to react to all critical parameters and to
be equivalent to or exceed performance requirements, over a specified range of sterilization
Class 6 emulating chemical indicators also called verification indicators or cycle-specific
indicators are designed to react to all critical parameters of the sterilization cycle.
Chloride Compound commonly found in the water created when chlorine is combined with
another element or radical. Ex: salt and hydrochloric acid.
Clamp
, Cleaning agents removal of all visible and non-visible soil, and any other foreign material
medical devices being processed.
Coccus Round-shaped (spherical) bacterium.
Colon. The main portion of the large intestine.
Combustible Substance that, if ignited, will react with oxygen and burn.
Combustion Chemical process accompanied by the rapid production of heat and light.
Communicable Disease whose causative agent is easily transmitted from person to person
by direct or indirect contact.
Concentration
Conduction heat transfer method in. which heat is absorbed by an item's exterior surface
and passed inward to the next layer.
Contract
Contagious
Contaminated State of being soiled or infected by contact with infectious organisms or other
material.
Contaminated waste To render unfit for use through the introduction of a substance which
is harmful or injurious.
Graded A+|100% Correct
Cavitation Process used by an ultrasonic cleaner in which low- pressure bubbles in a
cleaning solution burst inward to dislodge soil from instruments.
Cell Basic unit of life; the smallest structural unit of living organisms capable of performing
all basic life functions.
Cell membrane Outer covering of a cell; regulated what enters and leaves the cell.
Chamber Enclosed area that holds products to be sterilized
Chelating agent. Chemicals that hold hard water minerals in solution and prevent soaps or
detergents from reacting
Chemical indicator. Devices used to monitor the presence or attainment of one or more of
the parameters required for satisfactory sterilization process.
Class 5 integrating chemical indicators are designed to react to all critical parameters and to
be equivalent to or exceed performance requirements, over a specified range of sterilization
Class 6 emulating chemical indicators also called verification indicators or cycle-specific
indicators are designed to react to all critical parameters of the sterilization cycle.
Chloride Compound commonly found in the water created when chlorine is combined with
another element or radical. Ex: salt and hydrochloric acid.
Clamp
, Cleaning agents removal of all visible and non-visible soil, and any other foreign material
medical devices being processed.
Coccus Round-shaped (spherical) bacterium.
Colon. The main portion of the large intestine.
Combustible Substance that, if ignited, will react with oxygen and burn.
Combustion Chemical process accompanied by the rapid production of heat and light.
Communicable Disease whose causative agent is easily transmitted from person to person
by direct or indirect contact.
Concentration
Conduction heat transfer method in. which heat is absorbed by an item's exterior surface
and passed inward to the next layer.
Contract
Contagious
Contaminated State of being soiled or infected by contact with infectious organisms or other
material.
Contaminated waste To render unfit for use through the introduction of a substance which
is harmful or injurious.
