The operating room and the patient : a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment / [Russell Story Fowler].

  • Fowler, Russell S. (Russell Story), 1874-1959
Date:
1913
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Credit: The operating room and the patient : a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment / [Russell Story Fowler]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sufficient soda solution in the sterilizer to cover the instruments. The instrument sterilizer should be of sufficient depth to accom- modate several trays. Directly after use, instruments are washed, piece by piece, in running cold water until all blood stains are removed. Particular attention is paid to locks and crevices. Instruments are then boiled for ten minutes in soda solution. Following this, they are scrubbed with warm water and “bon ami” until bright; rinsed in warm water, thoroughly dried with gauze, polished with a soft chamois, and put. in their places in dust-proof cabinets. Each week the cutting-edge instruments that have been used during the week are sent to be set and sharpened. ‘There should be a sufficient number of knives to allow one fresh knife to each operation during the week. The operating room nurse should learn to sharpen the knives. Instruments out of repair are sent at once to the maker. Brushes.—Brushes are sterilized by boiling for ten minutes, after septic cases for one-half hour, in 10 per cent. bichromate of potash solution. They are transferred and kept in covered jars containing the same strength solution in 1:1000 bichlorid. The bichromate of potash-bichlorid solution is renewed at the end of each operating day. The use of this solution keeps the brushes in good condition and makes them last longer. Brushes should be of the common hand brush variety, of good quality, and not so stiff as to abrade the skin, Soap.—The soap commonly used is the sapo viridis of the 3