HANDS AND INSTRUMENTS, ETC. 



tion and hot sterile water, applied in the same 

 way as the permanganate and oxalic acid are 

 used after the vigorous scrubbing with brush, 

 soap and water and use of nail knife recom- 

 mended in No. I. There are various other 

 methods of hand disinfection. 



No. 3. Hand Disinfection. — This method 

 has given uniformly good results. 



I- — Five to ten minutes thorough washing 

 and scrubbing with green soap and hot water, 

 using a sterile nail brush vigorously, especially 

 about the finger nails, and drying with a sterile 

 towel. 



11. — Careful cleaning and clipping of nails 

 ivith nail file and knife. 



III. — A second washing of hands with soap 

 and hot water for further cleansing from nail 

 deposits. 



IV. — Chloride of lime paste is next well 

 rubbed into hands and nails, and well rinsed off 

 in a soda carbonate solution. 



V. — Soaking of hands three to five (3 to 5) 

 minutes in a bichloride of mercury solution 

 1-4,000, followed by hot sterile water. 



During operation use frequently for the 

 hands a bichloride of mercury solution 1-4,000, 

 if necessary, followed by sterile water, as a pre- 

 cautionary measure. In the most up-to-date 

 hospitals, surgeons and their assistants and the 

 nurses who have charge of the instruments and 



