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Surgical Instruments are sterilized by heating them and ALCOHOL is used as disinfectant in cleansing the skin prior to an injection. Why are these methods effective against microorganisms ?

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Surgical Instruments are sterilized by heating them and ALCOHOL is used as disinfectant in cleansing the skin prior to an injection. Why are these methods effective against microorganisms ?

anonymous · Answer

Not really a biology expert but I would assume that they simply put they bactiria in an envioronment that will not suport life.

rishabh.mission · Answer

Microorganisms capable of causing infection orspoilage that are constantly present in the externalenvironment and on the human body.

rishabh.mission · Answer

Sterilization - process of destruction or removal of all viablemicroorganisms from an object or from a particularenvironment- total inactivation of all forms of microbial life in termsof the organism’s ability to reproduce

Disinfection - refers to the use of physical process or chemical agent(disinfectants) that promotes killing, inhibition, orremoval of pathogenic microorganisms (usually oninanimate objects) but not bacterial endospore