Snapshots of infection.

The video starts with the story of antisepsis including Joseph Lister followed by the trend towards asepsis. There is a short contemporary surgical montage which is repeated to detect which procedures are more at risk of sepsis. Augmentin is promoted as an effective prophylactic particularly for colorectal and gynaecological surgery and this is corroborated by the research carried out by Dr Peter Wilson from University College Hospital, London,