Ⅰ．THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ASEPTIC TREATMENT OF WOUNDS 1
Ⅱ．THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF ASEPSIS 4
Ⅲ．CHEMICAL DESTRUCTION OF BACTERIA 22
Ⅳ．CHEMICAL DISINFECTION OF INSTRUMENTS 30
Ⅴ．PHYSICAL DESTRUCTION OF BACTERIA 38
Ⅵ．SANITIZATION BY BOILING WATER 43
Ⅶ．STERILIZATION BY STEAM 54
Ⅷ．THE CONTROL OF STEAM STERILIZATION 74
Ⅸ．STERILIZATION BY DRY HEAT 92
Ⅹ．STERILIZATION OF DRESSINGS AND DRY GOODS 97
Ⅺ．CARE AND STERILIZATION OF INSTRUMENTS 132
Ⅻ．DISINFECTION OF THE SKIN 177
ⅩⅢ．AIR-BORNE CONTAMINATION 188
ⅩⅣ．OPERATING ROOM TECHNIC 200
ⅩⅤ．TERMINAL STERILIZATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND TEXTILES FROM SEPTIC CASES 262
ⅩⅥ．PREPARATION OF PARENTERAL FLUIDS 275
ⅩⅦ．BLOOD AND PLASMA FACILITIES 308
ⅩⅧ．CENTRAL SUPPLY ROOM TECHNIC 326
ⅩⅨ．HOSPITAL INFECTION OF WOUNDS 331
ⅩⅩ．CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE 336
ⅩⅪ．MAINTENANCE OF STERILIZING EQUIPMENT 352
INDEX 367