Added Infection in Industrial Wounds

Contamination of Cetrimide and Other Fluids with Pseudomonas pyocyanea

“…No. 6, 1941;Clayton-Cooper and Williams, 1945), the sterility of materials applied during the dressing falls under suspicion. The usual methods of sterilizing gauze, cotton wool, bandages, and surgical instruments are effective if properly carried out, so it is more probable that a fluid or cream applied locally or used for holding sterile instruments might be conveying the infective agent.…”