Abstract of report on disinfection and disinfectants / by a Committee appointed by the American Public Health Association.

  • American Public Health Association.
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[1885]
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Credit: Abstract of report on disinfection and disinfectants / by a Committee appointed by the American Public Health Association. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    2. Exposure to super-heated steam—25 pounds pressure—for one hour. (Mattresses, to have the cover removed or freely opened.) 3. Immersion in boiling water for one hour. 4. Immersion in the blue solution (mercuric chloride and sul- phate of copper) two fluid ounces to the gallon of water. FURNITURE AND ARTICLES OF WOOD, LEATHER AND PORCELAIN.* Washing, several times repeated, with: 1. Solution of mercuric chloride 1 : 1000. (The blue solution, four ounces to the gallon of water, may be used.) 2. Solution of chloride of lime, 1 per cent. 3. Solution of carbolic acid, 2 per cent. FOR THE PERSON'. The hands and general surface of the body of attendants, of the sick, and of convalescents at the time of their discharge from hospital: 1. Solution of chlorinated soda diluted with nine parts of water (1 : 10.) 2. Carbolic acid, 2 per cent, solution. 3. Mercuric chloride, 1 : 1000; recommended only for the hands, or for washing away infectious malarial from a limited area, not as a bath for the entire surface of the body. FOR THE DEAD. Envelope the body in a sheet thoroughly saturated with: 1. Chloride of lime in solution, 4 per cent. 2. Mercuric chloride in solution, 1 : 500. 3. Carbolic acid in solution, 5 per cent. FOR THE SICK ROOM AND HOSPITAL WARDS. (a.) While occupied, wash all surfaces with: 1. Mercuric chloride in solution, 1 : 1000. (The blue solution, containing sulphate of copper, may be used.) 2. Chloride of lime in solution, 1 per cent. 3. Carbolic acid in solution, 2 per cent. (l>.) When vacated: Fumigate with sulphur dioxide for 12 hours, burning 3 pounds *For articles of metal use solution No. 3.