Controlling Microbial Growth

This text discusses the principles of controlling microbial growth, laboratory biological safety levels, sterilization, other methods of control, and measuring microbial control.

Topics

  • antimicrobial
  • antiseptics
  • asepsis
  • aseptic technique
  • bactericide
  • bacteriostatic
  • biocontainment
  • biological safety level
  • bleach
  • botulism
  • BSL
  • BSL-1
  • BSL-2
  • BSL-3
  • BSL-4
  • BSLs
  • Clostridium botulinum
  • critical item
  • decimal reduction time
  • degerm
  • disinfectant
  • disinfection
  • D-value
  • endospore
  • fungicide
  • fungistatic
  • HEPA filter
  • microbial death curve
  • noncritical item
  • sanitization
  • semicritical item
  • sterilant
  • sterile field
  • sterilization
  • viricide