Microbial Control Terminology & Considerations: Microbiology Nursing / Med Students | @LevelUpRN

Cathy continues her coverage of important microbiology topics that you need to know for your microbiology class and exams. Specifically, in this video, Cathy discusses important microbial control terminology, including sterilization, commercial sterilization, disinfection, antisepsis, sanitization, and degerming. She then discusses key factors that impact treatment effectiveness with an antimicrobial agent, including: number of microbes, environmental factors, time of exposure, and microbial characteristics. Finally, Cathy explains what decimal reduction time (DRT) means. 🎉 Want to breeze through nursing school and ace the NCLEX? 🩺 With our Comprehensive Nursing Collection, you'll get EVERYTHING you need to succeed, plus some amazing perks! 🎁 Right now, when you grab the collection, you'll score a FREE Nursing Planner, a whole YEAR of Level Up RN Membership, AND Flashables - NCLEX Edition (our signature flashcard content in an on-the-go digital format with guided, personalized learning and progress tracking!) 🤩 That's over $345 in savings—the ultimate deal to set you up for success from day one to NCLEX triumph! 🌟 🔗 Don’t wait—claim your bundle today and start leveling up! https://bit.ly/VeryMindful #NCLEX #Microbiology #HESI #Kaplan #ATI #NursingSchool #transduction #NursingStudent⁠ #Nurse #RN #PN #nurseeducator #lpn #premed #acellular Our microbiology video tutorial series is taught by Cathy Parkes BSN, RN, CWCN, PHN and intended to help RN & PN nursing students, pre-med and health care / biology related programs study for school exams, TEAS exam, and the HESI A2 Exam 00:00 Intro 00:39  Microbial Terminology 2:41  Antimicrobial Effectiveness 4:13 Decimal Reduction Time (DRT) 4:56 Quiz Time! 🚨Head over to our interactive study guide and index ANYTIME and find out exactly which card we’re referencing. https://bit.ly/microbioindex 🚪 Access our Cram Courses, Quizzes and Videos all in one ad free space with Level Up RN Membership https://bit.ly/LevelUpRNMembership 🤔🤔🤔 DO YOU WANT TO PASS your classes, proctored exams and the NCLEX? 🤔🤔🤔 Our resources are the best you can buy. They are built with a single goal: help you pass with no fluff. Everything you need, and nothing you don’t. Don’t take our word for it, though! Check out our hundreds of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reviews from nurses who passed their exams and the NCLEX with Level Up RN. 🗂️ Our Ultimate Nursing School Survival kit is your number 1 resource to get through nursing school and to pass the NCLEX. Whether you're just starting school or you’re already prepping for the NCLEX, this bundle of flashcards is the best you can buy. It covers all the information you need to know to pass all your exams and it has FREE shipping! ➡️ https://bit.ly/TUNSSK ⬅️ L👀king for EVEN MORE resources to survive Nursing School? Make your Nursing School experience your own! Life’s difficult enough—learning shouldn’t be. 🪅 Games https://nursesquad.com 💻 Digital resources https://bit.ly/NursingStudyCourses 📅 Organizational tools https://bit.ly/OrganizingSchool ✨Want perks? Join our channel! https://youtube.com/leveluprn/join 🏷 Head to https://leveluprn.com/specials for all our latest deals!🥳️ 📧 LOOKING FOR FREE RESOURCES TO HELP WITH YOUR EXAMS? Get exclusive tips, latest video releases and more delivered to your email! ➡️ https://leveluprn.com/signup ⬅️ ⚕ 👩 LEVEL UP NURSE SQUAD 👩⚕️ All of the nurses at Level Up RN are here to help! Cathy Parkes started helping her fellow classmates back when she was in nursing school, tutoring so they could pass their exams and graduate. After she got her BSN and started working as an RN at Scripps Encinitas Hospital, she started this YouTube channel to help nursing students around the world. Since then she has built a team of top-notch dedicated nurses and nurse educators who are focused on improving nursing education and supporting career advancement for nurses everywhere. With flashcards, videos, courses, organizational tools and more, we are singularly focused on helping students and nurses Level Up on their exams and nursing careers.