Asepsis

Question 1

___ is the state of being free from disease-causing microorganisms. The term often refers to those practices used to promote or induce asepsis in an operative field of surgery or medicine to prevent infection.

Answer 1

Asepsis

Question 2

The goal of asepsis is to eliminate infection, not to achieve sterility.

Question 3

___ means using practices and procedures to prevent contamination from pathogens.

Answer 3

Aseptic technique

Question 4

is the practice of using antiseptics to eliminate the microorganisms that cause disease

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Antisepsis

Question 5

proposed the germ cell theory of disease.

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Louis Pasteur(1822- 1895)

Question 6

He stated that disease is caused by germs or microorganisms.
‘Father of microbiology’

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Louis Pasteur(1822- 1895)

Question 7

was the first to realize that Pasteur’s Germ Theory had Implications for surgery.
He realized the need to kill the germs in the operating theatre.

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Lister(1827-1912)

Question 8

He developed Antiseptic Surgery and the results were dramatic.

Answer 8

Lister(1827-1912)

Question 9

he tested the results of spraying carbolic acid on instruments, surgical incisions, and dressings with a solution of it.
It was clear to surgeons that removing germs from operating theatres was crucial to lowering death rates.

Answer 9

Lister(1827-1912)

Question 10

was a Hungarian physician and scientist, now known as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures.

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Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis ( 1 July 1818 – 13 August 1865)

Question 11

Described as the “savior of mothers”

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Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis ( 1 July 1818 – 13 August 1865)

Question 12

Halsted’s protege who came to Hopkins in 1892

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Joseph Bloodgood

Question 13

was later the director of surgical pathology and started using gloves himself during surgery in 1893.

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Joseph Bloodgood

Question 14

In 1881 he invented the steam sterilizer, known as the autoclave. The autoclave was used to clean surgical tools and kill bacteria by heating water, held within the autoclave, to 140°C.

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Charles Chamberland

Question 15

___ has been frequently overlooked as the inventor of asepsis. In 1884 he founded a clinic which used the principles of asepsis to treat each patient.
implemented strict rules and regulations that his apprentices were obligated to follow to ensure the cleanliness of the rooms and instruments.

Answer 15

Gustav Adolf Neuber

Question 16

emphasized the need to wear hats, gloves, masks and protective clothing
to limit germs in the operating environment.

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Halsted (1852-1922)

Question 17

constructed an apparatus for the sterilization of surgical material and constructed a sterilizing machine for boiling the instruments; they created metallic drums for the sterilization of clothes and dressing and perfected an autoclave.

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Bergman E. and Shimelbus K. -

Question 18

was a Danish-born American doctor considered to have introduced antiseptic obstetrics to the United State

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Henry Jacques Garrigues (June 6, 1831 – July 7, 1913)