Microbial
Growth Control
Considerations
Involved
TYPES OF CONTROL / TREATMENT
TO BE UTILIZED
Antibiotics
Chemical Methods
Physical Methods
AREAS OF
TREATMENT / APPLICATION
Treatment of Living
Organisms / Tissue
Antimicrobial Agents
Antiseptic compound
Agents - must be nontoxic as well as antimicrobial
Treatment of
Inanimate Object
Sterilization - removes / kills microbes
Disinfection - removes most / all pathogens
Decontamination - removes / kills most microbes
Types
STERILIZATION
Killed by BACTERIOCIDAL
compounds / techniques
INHIBITION
Undesired activities of microbes
inhibited by BACTERIOSTATIC
compound / techniques