Aseptic surgical technique : with especial reference to gynaecological operations : together with notes on the technique employed in certain supplementary procedures . ired is leftout, since away from home it will not be possible tomake a requisition upon the stock instrument-case forany article which has been forgotten. The surgeonshould give the preparation of the outfit his personalattention, or intrust it to a trained assistant or nursewhom experience has proved to be competent. Formany reasons it is better to sterilize the instrumentsand dressings at the place where the operation is to be
Aseptic surgical technique : with especial reference to gynaecological operations : together with notes on the technique employed in certain supplementary procedures . ired is leftout, since away from home it will not be possible tomake a requisition upon the stock instrument-case forany article which has been forgotten. The surgeonshould give the preparation of the outfit his personalattention, or intrust it to a trained assistant or nursewhom experience has proved to be competent. Formany reasons it is better to sterilize the instrumentsand dressings at the place where the operation is to beperformed, in which case it will be necessary to takealong the small soda solution apparatus (Chapter Y.)and an Arnold steam sterilizer. If for some reason orother this is impossible, they may be sterilized beforethe surgeon sets out, and afterwards conveyed to theplace of operation under aseptic precautions. If theinstruments are to be sterilized after arriving at thehouse, they can conveniently be carried arranged in 198 ASEPTIC SURGICAL TECHNIQUE. compartments in a long sheet of canton flannel, whichis then rolled np and tied round the middle with a Fio. Canton-flannel sheet for instruments. broad tape. (Figs. 36 and 87.) If they have beensterilized at home, they may be carried in stout ster-ilized bags made of butchers linen, and closed by adraw-string. It will be found convenient to haveseveral sizes of these bags, so that the more bulky in-struments may be kept in the larger and the knives andforceps in the smaller ones. Three or four hard-rub-ber trays for the instruments should be included in theoutfit, and should be made so that they may fit into oneanother (nests), and thus not occupy too much box made of nickel and shaped like a telescope valiseis a good instrument-holder. Sterilized nail-brushesmay be rolled up in a sterile towel or carried in a well-stoppered jar containing carbolic acid solution. Good THE ARMAMENTARIUM. 199 Boap in tin cases, and air-t
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