Bacteriology for nurses / [Isabel McIsaac].

  • McIsaac, Isabel
Date:
1914
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Credit: Bacteriology for nurses / [Isabel McIsaac]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    upon the table before sterilizing, as the purpose for which they are used makes them a constant source of danger. Cleaning Glassware. — The glassware used in the laboratory consists of flasks, culture tubes, and dishes of various sizes and shapes, with and with- Petri dish. Fig. 10. (Cover shown partially raised.) Stender dish. out covers, small oblong (1x2 inches) pieces of glass called slides, small round cover glasses, glass rods, and glass pencils. When new or after using, glassware should be put into a strong soapsuds, which should be brought to the boiling point and continued for ten minutes, fol- lowed by vigorous TVT 1 . ® l^ia. 11. — Novy^s cover-glass forceps. brushing with a tube-brush, rinsed with running water until every particle of soap has been removed, turned upside down to drain in a wire basket, and put into the hot-air sterilizer for twenty minutes.