Wound Vocabulary

A medicine such as Penicillin that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.

• Sterile

• Antibiotic

• Clean

• Infection

Free from "living"germs or microorganisms

• Clean

• Disinfectant

• Sterile

• Irrigate

An invasion of the body by disease or infectious agents.

• Infection

• Disinfectant

• Debride

• Clean

To remove dirt from a surface or area.

• Debride

• Infection

• Disinfect

• Clean

To kill germs like bacteria or virus

• Clean

• Disinfect

• Debride

• Sterile

An antimicrobial agent that is applied to non-living objects to reduce the number of unwanted microorganisms.

• Irrigate

• Antibiotic

• Disinfectant

• Sterile

Soap and Water can be considered a disinfectant.

• True

• False

To flush out dirt and debris from a wound

• Irrigate

• Sterile

• Disinfect

• Clean

To remove dirt and foreign material from a woud.

• Clean

• Irrigate

• Debride

• Infection

Water, Betadine or Saline can all be used to irrigate a wound.

• True

• False