Asepsis
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Asepsis is the state of being free from disease-causing micro-organisms. There are two categories of asepsis: medical and surgical. The modern day notion of asepsis is derived from the older antisepti
Hand scrubbing procedure for surgery
William Stewart Halsted
Packaged, sterilized surgical instruments
Medical illustration of Staphylococcus
Sterilization (microbiology)
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Sterilization refers to any process that removes, kills, or deactivates all forms of life and other biological agents present in fluid or on a specific surface or object. Sterilization can be achieved
Asepsis
…wearing of surgical gloves during operations. The goal of asepsis is to eliminate infection, not to achieve sterility. Ideally, an operating field is sterile, meaning it is free of all biological contaminants (e.g. fungi, bacteria, viruses), not just those that can cause disease, putrefaction, or fermentation…
Microorganisms growing on an agar plate
Joseph Lister, a pioneer of antiseptic surgery.
Dry heat sterilizer
Chemiclav