Asepsis secundum artem : the practical application of the art of asepsis to the preparation of surgical dressings / Johnson and Johnson Aseptic Laboratories.

  • Johnson & Johnson.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Asepsis secundum artem : the practical application of the art of asepsis to the preparation of surgical dressings / Johnson and Johnson Aseptic Laboratories. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Aseptic Laboratories^ rOR the production of dressings suited to the requirements of surgery Johnson & Johnson have estabhshed a series of laboratories planned and built for the sole purpose of making sur- gically clean dressings. They consist of buildings where the crude materials, such as gauze cloth, cotton, etc., are cleansed, rendered absorbent, bleached, and fitted for surgical purposes. Rooms for cleansing containers, jars and fittings; chemical and bacteriological laboratories, and, finally, a suite of disinfecting and aseptic operating rooms. They are admirably situated away from busy streets. For miles on either side stretches of river and meadow land secure an almost dustless atmosphere. In fitting up the rooms the ideas kept in view were the exclusion of bacteria and the easiness of keeping clean. The cut above gives an outline idea of the rooms wherein dressings are made aseptic. The one to the right is the preparation room. In practice it is really mxore than one room, but for conven- ience of illustrating it is put down as one. Here in these rooms the dressings are cleaned, rendered absorbent and bleached. They are then brought to the sterilizing room, impregnated with chemicals when required. (See pages 8 and 9.) To the same point are also brought the containers and tops fresh from a bath in the hot soda solution. The work of handling and packing dressings is done in the aseptic room, which is aseptic in name and in fact. The walls and ceiling are glass smooth. The floors are filled and polished. There are no closets or shelving, no cracks or crevices to harbor dust or dirt.