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GCSE History · key term
Surgery using methods designed to prevent microorganisms from reaching the wound, including sterilised instruments and protective clothing.
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Paper 2
Revise: Revolution in SurgeryDuring the 1880s and 1890s, surgeons increasingly developed aseptic surgery. The distinction is one of emphasis: antiseptic treatment destroys germs using chemicals; aseptic practice aims to prevent germs from reaching the wound.
Paper 1
Methods intended to prevent microorganisms from entering a wound or operating environment, including sterilising equipment.
An infection-prevention approach to surgery that aims to keep disease-causing microbes out of the wound.
For significance, explain both the immediate effect and the longer-term consequences. Lister reduced infection and helped establish the principle behind aseptic surgery.
Distinguish aseptic surgery, which aims to prevent contamination, from antiseptic treatment, which destroys microbes.
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