The nurse educator is providing a continuing education program to nurses on disinfection and sterilization. What would be the best explanation of disinfection by a nurse attending the program on disinfection?
A) Process of exposing articles to steam heat under pressure long enough to kill all microorganisms and spores
B) Process of exposing articles to chemical disinfectants to kill all microorganisms and spores
C) Process that result in the destruction of most pathogens with hexachlorophene
D) Process that result in the destruction of most pathogens with ethylene oxide
C
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Disinfection is a process that results in the destruction of most pathogens, but not necessarily their spores. Common methods of disinfection include the use hexachlorophene (pHisoHex, Septisol). Sterilization is the process of exposing articles to steam heat under pressure or to chemical disinfectants long enough to kill all microorganisms and spores. Other methods of sterilization include radiation and gas sterilization with ethylene oxide.
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