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What is Sterilization? And Why it's important in microbiology Lab? "STERILIZATION" It is the process of eliminating of all form of microbial life,including bacteria,viruses,fungi and spores from surface,object or medium.In microbiology sterilization is critical to prevent contamination of samples,equipment and laboratory environment. Contaminant can interfere with experimental result,cause inaccurate data,and compromise the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical products especially in aseptic environment like those in pharmaceutical industries. "Sterilization Method" 1# HEAT STERILIZATION: -Moist Heat (Autoclaving):This is one of the most common method using pressurized steam at 121°C for about 15-20 minutes.It is effective in killing bacteria,spores,viruses. Autoclaving is typically used to sterilze lab equipment,culture media. -Dry Heat:Used for material that can withstand high temperatures,like glassware.it involve heating items to 160-180°C for 1-2 hours. 2# FILTRATION : --This method involves passing liquids or gases through a filter with pores small enough to remove microorganisms.it's used for heat sensitive like antibiotics and vaccines. 3# CHEMICAL STERILIZATION: -Chemical such as ethylene oxide,hydrogen peroxide are used to sterilize heat sensitive instruments and medical devices. 4# RADIATION: -UV radiation are commonly used to sterilize surface in Laboratories.It damage microbial DNA,preventing replication.

What is Sterilization? And Why it's important in microbiology Lab? "STERILIZATION" It is the process of eliminating of all form of microbial life,including bacteria,viruses,fungi and spores from surface,object or medium.In microbiology sterilization is critical to prevent contamination of samples,equipment and laboratory environment. Contaminant can interfere with experimental result,cause inaccurate data,and compromise the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical products especially in aseptic environment like those in pharmaceutical industries. "Sterilization Method" 1# HEAT STERILIZATION: -Moist Heat (Autoclaving):This is one of the most common method using pressurized steam at 121°C for about 15-20 minutes.It is effective in killing bacteria,spores,viruses. Autoclaving is typically used to sterilze lab equipment,culture media. -Dry Heat:Used for material that can withstand high temperatures,like glassware.it involve heating items to 160-180°C for 1-2 hours. 2# FILTRATION : --This method involves passing liquids or gases through a filter with pores small enough to remove microorganisms.it's used for heat sensitive like antibiotics and vaccines. 3# CHEMICAL STERILIZATION: -Chemical such as ethylene oxide,hydrogen peroxide are used to sterilize heat sensitive instruments and medical devices. 4# RADIATION: -UV radiation are commonly used to sterilize surface in Laboratories.It damage microbial DNA,preventing replication.

To all PMF online forum readers and contributors, participants and individuals interested in the Pharmaceutical Microbiology Forum (PMF): There are now three versions of WordSearch puzzles available at the PMF website (basic, medium, hard) [https://lnkd.in/gpHPggP9]. Each of the new versions has certain features in common: 1. Each time you refresh the browser, a new puzzle appears (same words, different grid locations). 2. There are 2 ways to identify ("circle") words you find in the grid: a. Click on a letter adjacent to the first or last letter of the word (but not in the word) and move the mouse over the remaining letters. When a word has been properly identified in this manner, the background will change from yellow to a shade of grey. The word in the list will change colors to purple. b. Or, double click on the first or last letter of the word (but not in the word). The first double click will make the background orange, the second (on the letter opposite the one you clicked on) will make the background grey if the word has been properly identified in this manner. The word in the list will change colors to purple. c. You can "circle" the word at any time. d. If the puzzle should become cluttered with yellow and/or orange boxes, just click the "Clean" button. e. You can click on the "Background" button to bring up information that may be helpful particularly with the medium and hard versions of the puzzles. Now for the differences among the 3 versions: 1. Basic version: a. The words to be found are provided under the grid. b. If you get stuck, you can click on the difficult word in the list and its location in the grid will be highlighted. Click again to remove the highlight. You can "circle" the word at any time. 2. Medium version: a. The words to be found are not provided under the grid. b. If you get stuck, you can click on one of the grey boxes located under the grid once. This will bring up the associated word in the grey box for you to locate in the grid. c. For further help, you can click on the same grey box, now with the word to locate displayed, and this will show the location of the word in the grid. d. You can "circle" the word at any time. 3. Hard version: a. The words to be found are not provided under the grid. b. Clicking on one of the grey boxes under the grid will do nothing (no help for you). c. The only way to display the associated word in its respective grey box is to identify ("circle") the word in the grid. d. This is where the background information can come in handy. These puzzles, in one form or another, might be useful for training purposes They could also be used as an entertaining way for sponsors to get parts of their message out. Please just let me know if you have any interest in such usages. Thanks and cheers! Dave David A. Porter, Ph.D. President Pharmaceutical Microbiology Forum dporter@microbiologyforum.org www.microbiologyforum.org phone: 240-731-3396

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