The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . fx^ soda just before using. They are taken from the sterilizer in aperforated tray, drained, placed on a sterile sheet, arranged,and covered with sterile towels. Instruments for differentoperations are boiled in separate trays, then placed, tray and all,upon the instrument table and covered with sterile towels until 32 OPERATING ROOM AND THE PATIENT required. Trays are removed from the sterilizer by long instruments with locks, such as scissors and bone-cuttingforceps, are boiled for five minutes. T
The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . fx^ soda just before using. They are taken from the sterilizer in aperforated tray, drained, placed on a sterile sheet, arranged,and covered with sterile towels. Instruments for differentoperations are boiled in separate trays, then placed, tray and all,upon the instrument table and covered with sterile towels until 32 OPERATING ROOM AND THE PATIENT required. Trays are removed from the sterilizer by long instruments with locks, such as scissors and bone-cuttingforceps, are boiled for five minutes. They are boiled separatelyfrom the other instruments and on a rack which keeps them from. contact with the bottom of the sterilizer and so in part preventsvibration. Knives are boiled for two minutes in special racksso constructed as to keep their edges uppermost. Needles areboiled for three minutes open metal box. During steriliza-tion the sterilizer should be covered. There should alwavs be PREPARATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND SUPPLIES 33 sufficient soda solution in the sterilizer to cover the instrument sterilizer should be of sufficient depth to accom-modate several trays. Directly after use, instruments are washed, piece by piece, inrunning cold water until all blood stains are removed. Particularattention is paid to locks and crevices. Instruments are thenboiled for ten minutes in soda solution. Following this, they arescrubbed with warm water and bon ami until bright; rinsedin warm water, thoroughly dried with gauze, polished with asoft chamois, and put in their places in dust-proof week the cutting-edge instruments that have been usedd
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