Which of the following organisms is NOT destroyed by a disinfection agent?

a. Gram-negative cocci
b. Bacterial spores
c. Gram-positive rods
d. Viruses

ANS: B
Disinfection describes a process that destroys the vegetative form of all pathogenic organisms on an inanimate object except bacterial spores.

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