Industrial medicine and surgery . is report also shows that in 31 out of the 66 cases, iodin was usedin the department, which proved that the use of iodin alone is notsufficient to prevent infections. The dressing report shows that the average number of dressings per HAND INFECTIONS 579 person for infections was , against for uninfected cases; or,in other words, the patient loses about two and one-half times asmuch time in reporting an infected case as an uninfected case. The last classification probably is the most interesting, as it showsthe loss of time cases. Nineteen of the 66 in
Industrial medicine and surgery . is report also shows that in 31 out of the 66 cases, iodin was usedin the department, which proved that the use of iodin alone is notsufficient to prevent infections. The dressing report shows that the average number of dressings per HAND INFECTIONS 579 person for infections was , against for uninfected cases; or,in other words, the patient loses about two and one-half times asmuch time in reporting an infected case as an uninfected case. The last classification probably is the most interesting, as it showsthe loss of time cases. Nineteen of the 66 infected cases caused a lossof time of a quarter of a day or more. The total loss of time for these19 cases was 202^ days, or an average of days per case; and thetime lost over a quarter of a day, due to infections, amounts to 23 percent, of the total time lost from all loss of time accidents. Since it has been shown that the infections result from minor in-juries which would not have developed into infections if they had been. Fig. 115.—Cellulitis of upper arm following a small scratch on the wrist fromwall-paper. This employee had three disabling infections in the course of three teeth were badly infected and on curing this trouble his tendency to blood-poison-ing ceased. reported immediately and would, therefore, only have required on theaverage 2^ dressings per case, it is fair to assume that the averagetime lost per case should not have exceeded ^ hour. So, in thetime lost by one of the above 19 cases, or days, about 180 un-infected cases might have reported. From these figures it would appear that the immediate reporting ofall minor injuries will cut down the infections, and even though therewill be an increase in the number of reported cases, the total time lost,and consequently the cost of the accidents, should decrease. Another form of prevention is the removal of all predisposingcauses for infection in the employees themselves. The generallyrun do
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