General Principles of Surgery

Midterm Quiz 2 – MCQ, 1 Hour, 20 points

Joseph Lister,  british surgeon was a pioneer of: 

• Anesthesia 

• Anatomy 

• Antiseptics 

• Plastic surgery

All vegetative bacteria and most resistant dry spores are destroyed by the following methods of sterilization EXCEPT: 

• Autoclaving

• Boiling 

• Dry heat 

• Ethylene oxide gas 

Autoclaving parameters are: 

• 2 atm (140°C) 45 min 

• 2 atm (121°C) 15 min 

• 1 atm (100°C) 15 min 

• 1 atm (161°C) 25 min