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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

asepsis see antiseptic .

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asepsis
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English a·sep·sis / āˈsepsis / • n. the absence of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms. ∎  the exclusion of bacteria and other microorganisms, typically during surgery. Compare with antisepsis . Read more
Aseptic Technique
Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers ... technique is employed to maximize and maintain asepsis, the absence of pathogenic organisms ... lines, urinary catheters, and drains. Asepsis in the operating room Aseptic technique ... settings, handwashing is an important step in asepsis. The "2002 Standards, Recommended Practices ... Read more
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , 1818-65, Hungarian physician. He was a pioneer in employing asepsis. While on the staff of the general hospital in Vienna, he recognized the infectious nature of puerperal fever and insisted that ... Read more
antisepsis
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English an·ti·sep·sis / ˈantiˌsepsis / • n. the practice of using antiseptics to eliminate the microorganisms that cause disease. Compare with asepsis . Read more
Emil Theodor Kocher
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... thyroid gland—which he was the first (1876) to excise in cases of goiter—he received the 1909 Nobel Prize in Medicine. He was a skilled surgeon and a pioneer in the application of asepsis. His works include a textbook on operative surgery (1894). Read more

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