Objectives: Ch. 7 and 18

• Distinguish between the concepts of decontamination and sterilization, “cidel” vs “static”.

• Identify the common heat method practices and usefulness in controlling microbes

• Explain the nature and usefulness of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation

• Explain the usefulness and applications of filtration in controlling microbes

• Explain the differences between disinfectants, antiseptics, and sanitizers

• Describe the ways in which chemical control agents work and the traits which make a chemical a good disinfectant/antiseptic

• Understand useful properties of antimicrobial drugs

• Understand the modes of action of antimicrobial drugs and why human cells remain relatively unaffected

• Describe how an individual microbial cell becomes drug resistant and how a population becomes drug resistant

• Describe the four mechanisms of drug resistance microorganisms have developed