Infection controlQuestion 266 of 1700
What is medical asepsis?
- Steps that cut the spread of germs but do not remove all of them
- Keeping all germs out of the body during an invasive procedure
- A process that kills all spores and viruses on equipment
- A kind of surgery that is done on infected body tissue
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Correct answer: Steps that cut the spread of germs but do not remove all of them
Medical asepsis lowers the spread of germs but does not remove them all. Surgical asepsis means no germs at all.
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