# Asepsis --- **Asepsis** is the *absence* of a [[pathogen]], and can also refer to the *practice* of maintaing an asceptic environment. Maintaining asepsis is one of the best ways to prevent [[infection]], so it's a pretty big deal. ## Surgical vs Medical Asepsis See also: [[microbial culture#Aseptic technique|aseptic tecnnique in microbiology]] ___