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Microbes require specific environmental conditions to survive which include ______. 

Once sterile supplies have been opened, the setup is vulnerable to contamination. The longer a setup remains exposed, the greater the risk of contamination. It is not recommended that supplies be left open prior to a case ________.

Tables that are draped with sterile drapes to create sterile fields and are only considered sterile _______________.

Match each term below with its description. You will only use each answer once time. (each worth 1 point)

To put on or dress; especially used when referring to sterile (scrub) attire.  

All factors increase the surgical patient’s risk for infection EXCEPT ____.   

___________ depend(s) on scientific proof and is now the gold standard of professionalism in the health sciences and biotechnology fields.

E coli is part of the normal flora of the _____ in humans. Only when it is transmitted to other areas of the body can it cause infections. 

Pathogenic microbes would enter the body through a ________. (chain of infection)

In the OR, nonsterile items  _______.