Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes.

  • Hughes, Amy.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Practical hints on district nursing / by Amy Hughes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    taken to pieces, and carbolic, 1-20, or even stronger, i-io, of the crude carbolic painted over with a brush is an excellent way of obtain- insT the desired result. Carbolic should also be o placed in the first coat of whitewash, and to wash down the walls after the paper has been removed. A district nurse should keep special over- sleeves and apron at an infectious case, and most carefully wash her hands before leaving. It is a wise precaution to rinse the mouth and gargle the throat with a Httle boiled water in which 2 or 3 crystals of permanganate of potash are dissolved. If living in lodgings she must change her dress, etc., if possible, before going to her rooms, if the case is scarlet fever, small- pox, or typhus. It is usually practicable to do so in a washhouse or other outside building, and is a very desirable precaution. In a home special arrangements can be made. Her clothes must also be placed in disinfectant before being washed.