antiseptics and lister

• what are antiseptics?


  Disinfectants that are safe to use on human skin
• why was lister criticised for using carbolic acid?


  -carbolic smelt and irritated hands

  -made instruments slippery

  -equipment expensive/hard to set up
• who was lister?


  -professor of surgery

  -Discovered antisepsis, used carbolic acid to sterilize surgical instruments.
• how was carbolic acid discovered?


  -lister realised it was effective in stopping wounds from becoming gangrenous
• when was carbolic acid first used?

  1865
• how was carbolic acid used in surgery?


  -developed spray that could be used in cleaning instruments wounds and washing hands
• why was there opposition to antiseptics?


  -drs did not accept germ theory had a role in microbes in wounds

  
  

  -carbolic acid dried skin and irritated lungs
• what is aseptic surgery?


  Surgery that takes place in a strictly controlled germ-free environment
• When was aseptic surgery developed?

  20th century
• what methods were used in aseptic surgery?


  surgeons scrubbed clean before ops

  
  

  all instruments sterilised

  
  

  smaller operating theatres

  
  

  wore new clothes and rubber gloves