The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . preserved afterremoval, cleansed and resterilized. Glass goods comprise various sizeddrainage tubes, catheters, connections,irrigation nozzles, syringes, medicinedroppers, and medicine glasses. Theyare steiilized by boiling in soda solu-tion and kept in bichlorid, 1:1000, incovered glass receptacles. This processshould be repeated at least once eachweek. Flanged glass drainage tubes servethe purpose better than rubber tubes in the majority of cases asthey are not as irritating and are more readily cleansed. The
The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . preserved afterremoval, cleansed and resterilized. Glass goods comprise various sizeddrainage tubes, catheters, connections,irrigation nozzles, syringes, medicinedroppers, and medicine glasses. Theyare steiilized by boiling in soda solu-tion and kept in bichlorid, 1:1000, incovered glass receptacles. This processshould be repeated at least once eachweek. Flanged glass drainage tubes servethe purpose better than rubber tubes in the majority of cases asthey are not as irritating and are more readily cleansed. Thedischarge through the tube may be kept from coming in con-tact with the wound by employitig a bag of rubber tissue con-taining gauze, a strip of which leads down into the glass tube(Fig. 20). The bag is formed by making a minute hole in thecenter of a twelve-inch square of rubber dam. This is snappedover the end of the glass tube and the edges of the rubber sheetgathered together over the gauze and secured by a tape. Sterilization of Catgut. Alcohol Method (Fig. 21),—Catgut is. Fig. 20.—Glass drainagetube with rubber dam andgauze strip. PREPARATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND SUPPLIES 53 wound evenly on glass spools, one yard of catgut on each spool,and each spool placed in a glycerin-jelly jar. Each jar is thenfilled with absolute alcohol, the cap lightly screwed on, and thejars placed, cap down, in a two-quart glass jar and covered withabsolute alcohol. This jar is then placed in a water-bath on agas stove (unlighted). A platform of wire netting, such as is
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