This paper analyses what is possibly the most important long-term impact of Joseph Lister's method of antisepsis on surgery, namely its role in replacing surgery's traditional regime of the management ...

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The operation may be a complete success, the surgeon may do a superb piece of needlework with sterile sutures, yet somehow the wound may still become infected just where the stitches were placed. Lord ...

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Two events in 2012, the centennials of both the birth of the Medical Council of Canada and the death of Joseph Lister — the originator of antiseptic/aseptic surgery,1 can be serendipitously connected ...

Healthcare professionals use the aseptic technique to prevent contamination from pathogens like bacteria and viruses. It involves applying the strictest rules during medical procedures to minimize the ...