clar697
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Dry heat at 100 degrees C for 60 minutes is used to sterilize instruments at a small community outpatient facility. Using this technique, which of the following is most likely to survive as a viable contaminant of the sterilized instruments?
A) Bacillus subtilis
B) Escherichia coli
C) Psudomonas aeruginosa
D) Staphylococcus aureus
E) Streptococcus pyogenes (group A)
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| jorgefhoyos
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A
(spore former)
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| bactitech
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This is why an autoclave that raises pressure and ultimately temperature is necessary to fully sterilize instruments - to get rid of possible vegetative spores.
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