GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED:

• Accreditation Standards
• Antibody
• Autoclave
• Autoclave Log Record Keeping - R1.22.08
• Autoclave Testing
• Bacillus Atrophaeus Spores
• Bioburden
• Biofilms
• Biological indicator
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Bowie-Dick Type Test
• CDC (The Center For Disease Control)
• Central Instrument Processing Area
• Chemical Indicator
• Chemical Vapor Sterilization
• Cleaning - Manually
• Cleaning - Mechanically
• Cleaning Instruments - Manual or Automated
• Contaminated
• Control biological indicator
• Decontamination
• Disassembly
• Disinfectant
• Distilled Water
• Dry Heat Sterilizers
• Ethylene Oxide Sterilization
• Event-Related Packaging
• Flash Sterilization
• Geobacillus stearothermophilus Spores
• Germicide
• Huck towel
• Implantable device

• Lab & Medical Waste Sterilization Monitoring
• Mechanical indicator
• Microbicidal
• Microorganism Disinfection and Sterilization
• Packaging
• Pasteurization
• Peracetic Acid Sterilization
• Presoaking
• Process Challenge Device
• Protective Equipment Required When Cleaning Instruments And Surfaces
• Rapid BI Test Results
• Regulated waste
• Rinsing
• Sanitizer
• Shelf life
• Steam Sterilization
• Sterilant
• Sterilization
• Sterilization area
• Sterilizer - Gravity-Displacement Type
• Sterilizer - Infrared Radiation
• Sterilizer - Prevacuum Type
• Sterilizer - Steam-Flush Pressure-Pulse Type
• Sterilizer - Tabletop Steam
• Sterilizer Failure
• Sterilizing Liquid
• Storage of sterile instruments
• Surface Disinfection
• Ultrasonic cleaner
• Unwrapped Instrument Sterilization
• Washer-Disinfector Equipment
• Wicking