What is the difference between an antiseptic and a disinfectant?

Q: What is the difference of washing from hand disinfection?

A: Introduction:- Hand hygiene is very important for health. Hands are very important route of germs…

Q: disinfectants, antiseptics and antibiotics

A: Disinfectants are a type of  chemicals that destroy pathogens of causing of disease or other harmful…

Q: can the same chemical be used for an antiseptic and a disinfectant?

A: Antiseptic - These can slow down the growth as well as can kill the microbes, but do not harm the…

Q: Which of the following is an approved sterilant? a. chlorhexidine c. ethylene oxide b. betadyne d.…

A: The process used for the destruction or removal of all the spores, living cells and acellular…

Q: tion chromatography separates chemicals base on their differences in

A: Chromatography is a technique that is used for the separation of various mixtures.  Depending upon…

Q: How does soap kill bacteria?

A: Regular soap helps in cleaning the dirt and grease but it also helps to kill bacteria, and viruses…

Q: How can we make soap?

A: Soaps are the salts of fatty acids. Soaps are generally used as surfactants for washing cloths,…

Q: what is the difference between sterilizer , disinfectant & surfactant ?

A: There are thousands of microorganism present in the environment. Most of them are harmful to the…

Q: What are non-ionic detergents?

A: Detergents are cleansing agents and commonly made from synthetic resources such as petroleum…

Q: What is the most efficient disinfectant of the following ( Alcohol, chlorine, soap ,hijyn), and…

A: Disinfectants are chemical agents that are built on inert surfaces to inactivate or kill…

Q: Why is it necessary to flame the top of the bottle before pouring the plate?

A: Aseptic techniques are used to prevent contamination from pathogens. These are used in clinics and…

Q: What purpose does water serve in the “Effects of Antiseptics & Disinfectants”?

A: Answer:  ANTISEPTICS : These are the liquid or semi-solid cream having some special properties to…

Q: Choose the combination of answers that most accurately completes the statement.Which of the…

A: Microbial growth is harmful as its presence causes several diseases in humans. Sterilants,…

Q: What is condensation?

A: Answer: Introduction: Condensation occurs in two ways first is the air is chilled to its dew point…

Q: What type of drug is chlorpromazine, and where was it first tested on patients?

A: Psychotic disorders are mental disorders in which the person does not live in reality. He lives in…

Q: Many antibacterial hand soaps contain the chemical agent _____ , which belongs to the _____…

A: Sodium hypochlorite is commonly used chemical agent in mildew remover for prevention of infection…

Q: Why would hydrogen peroxide be an effective disinfectant?

A: We have to answer why hydrogen peroxide can be an effective disinfectant.

Q: Why would one aerosolized agent be more dangerous than another?

A: Pathogens are disease-causing microorganisms that upon entering a healthy body cause a variety of…

Q: Which is more effective as an antiseptic: ethyl alcohol or isopropyl alcohol? Choose only one and…

A: Alcohols are widely used for their sterilizing properties. They are widely used as an ingredient of…

Q: Distinguish between a sterilant, a disinfectant, and anantiseptic. What is cold sterilization?

A: The human environment is filled with microorganisms. These tiny organisms are found everywhere on…

Q: Why are proteins and amino acids considered to be natural buffers?

A: Buffer is a solution that resists the pH change when an acid or base is added to it. pH is measured…

Q: How can polarography detect the analyte?

A: Jaroslav Heyrovsky discovered polarographic method   Polarography is a simple method in analytical…

Q: What are high level disinfectants? What is an example of one? What is the method of action and the…

A: Disinfectants are chemicals that are used to kill the microorganisms present in the surroundings.…

Q: What is the function of mordant?

A: Gram staining is a common technique that is used to differentiate bacteria into two broad groups…

Q: Why does picric acid and tannic acid are used to treat burn?

A: Picric Acid, is an organic compound chemically known as 2,4,6-trinitrophenol. It is a pale yellow…

Q: What is the function of immersion oil?

A: Immersion oils are transparent oils that have specific optical and viscosity characteristics…

Q: What are the different types of disinfectants? How is each one different or similar from the others?…

A: Almost every environment on the planet contains bacteria and microorganisms. In fact, on one square…

Q: Why is there a need to use acids and boil the sample in maceration?

A: Maceration is a common method of obtaining medicinal plants, it is an extraction process in which…

Q: What is the difference between an antiseptic and a disinfectant? Can the same chemical be used for…

A: Antiseptic Disinfectant 1.       These can slow down the growth as well as can kill the…

Q: Which do you use first to clean the operating room, a disinfectant or a detergent? And why?

A: Operation theater is a sterile area where it should maintain the sterility to avoid occurance of any…

Q: How does an emulsifier work? How does this affect the cleansing action of soaps?

A: Emulsion: a. It is a liquid preparation containing two immiscible liquids, in which one is dispersed…

Q: Why are most antimicrobial chemical agents disinfectants rather than sterilants? What general…

A: Most chemical antimicrobial agents are disinfectants instead of sterilants. A disinfectant reduces…

Q: Explain the chemical nature of soap - is it hydrophilic or hydrophobic (or both)?

A: Soap is a mixture of sodium salts of various naturally occurring fatty acids. The soap is produced…

Q: Identify the neutral polymer carrier particle used together with iodine for antiseptic use.

A: Microbes or microorganisms invading and proliferating within an organism's body causes infection.…

Q: You are working in a hemodialysis clinic and have just received a shipment of dialysate solution.…

A: Answer:  DIALYSATE SOLUTION = This is the solution of pure water , electrolytes , and salts used in…

Q: List some criteria for choosing good disinfectants and antiseptic

A: Disinfectants are antimicrobial compounds that are used on inanimate substances/surfaces. These…

Q: How might a synthetic detergent be superior to a normal soap?

A: INTRODUCTION - Soaps are  sodium or potassium fatty acid salts made from hydrolysis of fats in…

Q: Why must alcohol be diluted with water to about 70 % percent before it could be used as an effective…

A: 70% isopropyl alcohol is most commonly used as disinfectant and killing all surface microorganisms.…

Q: How does soap dissolve grease and oil?

A: Oil and water do not combine because water is polar, whereas the fatty particles in the oil, grease,…

Q: Which is better to use in washing clothes, soap or synthetic detergent? Explain

A: Detergents are the surfactants or the mixture of surfactants. Surfactants are the compounds that…

Q: What is the process and principle behind isoelectric precipitation?

A: Isoelectric precipitation is a type of isoelectric precipitation that occurs when: The pH of a…

Q: How does soap clean away dirt?

A: Soap is a cleansing agent used to clean dirt and kill microbes present on a surface. It is made by…

Q: In keeping a bottle of vegetable oil with no preservative, it must be coveredtightly and…

A: Triacylglycerols are lipids present in oils that have a glycerol backbone with the three hydroxyl…

Q: What physical factors can influence the activity of a disinfectant

A: Introduction- Disinfection is the process by which we can eliminate the growth of microorganism…

Q: What are detergents?

A: Introduction:- Detergents are amphipathic compounds with charged hydrophilic or polar groups at the…

Q: What is the basic purpose of the paper chromatography?

A: Chromatography is an important analytical method used to separate a mixture of chemical substances…

Q: Z( Electrode V (buffer) X (gel) Y. W Electrote

A: In electrophoresis, The DNA which is negatively charged, it moves from negative potential to…