Practically everyone who has an interest in the prevention of infection in hospitals, or who is
likely to be called upon to give advice on the clinical, administrative or nursing aspects of the …

To determine the value of ultraclean air in operating rooms, 8,052 operations for total hip-or
knee-joint replacement were followed up for 1-4 years. For operations done in ultraclean air …

Of 150 male medical students and hospital staff, 38 proved to be nasal carriers of
Staphylococcus aureus and 14 (9-3%) were dispersers in the sense that, when walking on …

Dispersal of Staphylococcus aureus into the air is fairly common and is sometimes profuse
among men, but is rare and very slight among young women. Shedding from the skin is …

1. Pathogenic bacteria are removed from air by relatively simple filters having an efficiency
of 99· 9% for 5-μ particles. 2. To prevent ingress of contaminated air from other parts of the …

During the first 5 months of 1952, severe wound sepsis developed in 10.9 per cent. of 138
patients having a thoracoplasty, lung resection or other" clean" thoracic operation, in a …

Special Articles Page 1 681 often great differences in religion, attitudes toward the status of
women, food, and the like. Among the Asians, particularly, immigrant organisations flourish …

The rinsing of blankets in a solution of 0.036 per cent. cetyl trimethylamine bromide (Cirrasol
OD) for 10 minutes at the end of an ordinary washing process was found to produce virtually …

Most recent cases of staphylococcal osteomyelitis seen at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, have
been due to penicillin-resistant organisms. Six severely ill patients—four with multiple bone …

1. In two hospitals, post-operative staphylococcal wound sepsis occurred with equal
frequency in patients who were and in those who were not nasal carriers of Staph. aureus. 2 …