Sterilization - The process of destroying all forms of life, including infectious agents, from a surface, fluid, or biological medium with the use of heat, chemicals, irradiation, high pressure, filtration, or some combination of these methods.⏎
Staph Infection - An infection caused by any one of several harmful species or subspecies of bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus.⏎
Zoonoses - Any disease that can be transmitted from vertebrate animals to humans.⏎
Suburbanization - The process of land conversion and development around the periphery of major cities.⏎