Table of contents

Articles

• Editorial (1 January, 1961)
• Hospital infection yesterday and today (1 January, 1961)

  Mary Barber
• A survey of some problems in sterilization (1 January, 1961)

  Robert Knox
• Control of infection in hospital wards (1 January, 1961)

  Robert Blowers
• Chemical disinfection in the prevention of infection in hospital (1 January, 1961)

  W. A. Gillespie
• The cleaning of ward floors and the bacteriological study of floor-cleaning machines (1 January, 1961)

  J. G. Bate
• Sterilization by dry heat (1 January, 1961)

  E. M. Darmady, K. E. A. Hughes, J. D. Jones, D. Prince, Winifred Tuke
• Prevention of infection in operating theatres (1 January, 1961)

  R. A. Shooter, R. E. O. Williams
• The surgeon's autoclave (1 January, 1961)

  J. W. Howie
• Radiation sterilization (1 January, 1961)

  E. M. Darmady, K. E. A. Hughes, Margaret M. Burt, Barbara M. Freeman, D. B. Powell
• Sterilization by ethylene oxide (1 January, 1961)

  J. C. Kelsey
• Sterilization by gas ovens (1 January, 1961)

  E. A. K. Patrick, R. H. Wharton, K. Prentis, A. G. Signy
• Disinfection of bedpans (1 January, 1961)

  E. M. Darmady, K. E. A. Hughes, J. D. Jones, D. Prince, Patricia Verdon
• The organization of central sterile supply departments (1 January, 1961)

  J. D. Welch
• Preserving the sterility of surgical dressings wrapped in paper and other materials (1 January, 1961)

  V. G. Alder, F. I. Alder
• Disinfection of hospital blankets with synthetic phenolic compounds (1 January, 1961)

  I. M. Larkin, E. Y. Bridson, W. S. M. Grieve, J. W. Gibson
• Skin disinfection (1 January, 1961)

  E. J. L. Lowbury
• Efficiency tests on a series of common skin antiseptics under ward conditions (1 January, 1961)

  P. E. Verdon
• A survey of staphylococci isolated in hospital practice (1 January, 1961)

  J. Bradley, M. J. Meynell
• Staphylococci in septic fingers (1 January, 1961)

  O. Wesley-James, V. G. Alder
• The Association of Clinical Pathologists (1 January, 1961)