The Control of Microbial Growth Chapter 9

1. Terminology
   1. Sterilization
   2. Disinfection
      1. disinfectant
   3. Sanitization / Decontamination
   4. Antisepsis / Degerming
      1. antiseptic
   5. -cide
   6. -static or -stasis
   7. Sepsis
   8. Asepsis
2. Rate of Death
   1. Factors
3. Methods of Physical Control
   1. Heat
      1. moist heat
         1. boiling
         2. autoclave
         3. pasteurization
            1. Classic = LTLT
            2. HTST
            3. UHT
      2. dry heat
   2. Filtration
   3. Low Temp
   4. Dessication
      1. lyophilization
   5. Osmotic Pressure
   6. Radiation
      1. thymine dimers
   7. Types of Disinfectants
      1. phenol
         1. phenolics
         2. bisphenols
      2. halogens
         1. iodine
            1. tincture
            2. iodophor
         2. chlorine
      3. alcohols
      4. heavy metals
      5. surfactants
         1. soaps and detergents
         2. anionic detergents
         3. cationic detergents - Quats
      6. organic acids
      7. antibiotics
      8. aldehydes
      9. gaseous sterilants
      10. plasmas
      11. oxidizing agents
          1. peroxygens
      12. commercial sterilization