BACTERIOLOGY IN A NUTSHELL. 



Conditions which may lessen the power of 

 disinfectants. 



Heat as a germicide. Intermittent steriliza- 

 tion. 



Aseptic surgery. The precautions necessary 

 to prevent infection from reaching healthy 

 tissues. 



QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW CHAPTER VI. 



I. — What germs are most commonly met 

 with in surgery? What cases are they most 

 likely to attack ? 



II. — What germ do physicians most fear in 

 a certain class of accidental wounds ? 



III. — Define sepsis, asepsis, antisepsis. What 

 germ is said to be responsible for the disease 

 sepsis? How does it gain an entrance to the 

 human structure ? Is it easily overcome ? De- 

 scribe the symptoms of sepsis. Seat of in- 

 vasion in sepsis. 



IV. — Describe in detail the work of the nurse 

 in guarding sources of infection before, during 

 and after operations and in obstetrics. 



V. — Define sterilization and disinfection. 

 Antiseptics. Germicides. Deodorants. Are 

 germicides and disinfectants interchangeable 

 terms ? 



VI. — Give an accurate explanation of the 

 conditions modifying the power of disinfect- 

 ants. 



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