Aseptic surgical technique : with especial reference to gynaecological operations : together with notes on the technique employed in certain supplementary procedures . after which they may be put away in their properplaces in the instrument case. Instruments thus care-fully and regularly treated will never rust and willalways be clean and bright. CARE OF INSTRUMENTS. 89 In all these manipulations instruments with cuttingedges should be handled with particular care, in orderthat they may not be dulled. The edges should notbe allowed to come in contact with hard surfaces, asthey would do if they
Aseptic surgical technique : with especial reference to gynaecological operations : together with notes on the technique employed in certain supplementary procedures . after which they may be put away in their properplaces in the instrument case. Instruments thus care-fully and regularly treated will never rust and willalways be clean and bright. CARE OF INSTRUMENTS. 89 In all these manipulations instruments with cuttingedges should be handled with particular care, in orderthat they may not be dulled. The edges should notbe allowed to come in contact with hard surfaces, asthey would do if they were roughly handled and care-lessly dumped into the trays. Great care is also neces-sary when wiping off the blades. In those instrumentsthe parts of which are connected by means of theFrench lock it is especially important that no moistureshould be allowed to remain in the joints, and the Fig. Robbs aseptic ligature tray. numbers on the several parts should be carefully noted,so that those which correspond maybe joined together.^Neglect of this simple rule will soon ruin the instru-ments. Force should never be exercised in adjustingthem, as the pivots are delicate and the slightest rough-ness will prevent their accurate apposition, so that aftera short time the joints will become so loose as to bequite useless. The instrument cases are described in Chapter XLWhen a surgeon wishes to carry sterilized instru- 90 ASEPTIC SURGICAL TECHNIQUE. ments with Mm to avoid the necessity of sterilizing themat a private house, they should be boiled in the one-per-cent, soda solution, wiped with a sterilized towel, andput in sterilized bags, which are then placed in tightmetal boxes made for the purpose, the latter having beenpreviously sterilized by dry heat; the boxes are to beleft unopened until the time of the operation. It isprobably safe, however, to carry the sterilized instru-ments
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