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Pharm D- Clinical Pharmacy Program Third Level Pharmaceutical Microbiology& Antimicrobials (PM 502)
- potential for corrosion
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8) Location of Microorganisms
- Medical instruments with multiple pieces must be
disassembled
- Equipment (such as endoscopes) that have crevices,
joints, and channels are more difficult to disinfect
than flat-surface equipment.
Characteristics of Ideal” Sterilization Method
➢ Highly efficacious: should be virucidal, bactericidal tuberculocidal,
fungicidal. and sporicidal
➢ Rapidly active: achieve sterilization quickly.
➢ Strong penetrability: ability to penetrate common medical device
packaging materials and penetrate into the interior of device lumens
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