11. Controlling Microbial Growth

If you were a manufacturer of electronic pacemakers for heart implantation, which agent would you most likely use to treat your product?

a. Ethanol

b. Iodophor

c. Glutaraldehyde

d. Autoclave

e. Ethylene oxide

Ethylene oxide is gas that:

Which of the following statements about ozone is FALSE?

___________ is the commercially available form of formaldehyde in a 37% aqueous solution.

A toxic form of oxygen,___________ oxygen, is molecular oxygen with electrons that have been boosted to a higher energy state.

The most reactive of the four toxic forms of oxygen is:

a. The hydroxyl radical

b. The peroxide anion

c. The superoxide radical

d. Singlet oxygen

Which of the following is most effective for sterilizing mattresses and plastic Petri dishes?

a. Chlorine

b. Ethylene oxide

c. Glutaraldehyde

d. Autoclaving

e. Nonionizing radiation