Introduction to Surgical Infections
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What was one of the most important progress of surgery?

  • Traditional herbal remedies
  • Antibiotic treatments
  • Aseptic techniques (correct)
  • Robotic surgical devices

Who was the first to understand the nature of puerperal fever as a transmittable disease?

  • Joseph Lister
  • Florence Nightingale
  • Louis Pasteur
  • Semmelweis (correct)

What did the use of chlorine water allow in relation to infectious diseases?

  • No effect on the incidence of infectious diseases
  • An increase in the incidence of infectious diseases
  • A drop in the incidence of infectious diseases (correct)
  • The spread of infectious diseases

What was first demonstrated about surgical infections around 1 century ago?

<p>Surgical infections could be transmitted by the hands of surgeon/physician (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was not known until the half of the nineteenth century about infections?

<p>The concept of microorganisms as causes of infections (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who played a key role in demonstrating that hand hygiene could reduce the spread of infectious diseases?

<p>Semmelweis (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the impact of washing hands with chlorine water after autopsies, according to Semmelweis's demonstration?

<p>Mortality reduced from 10% to 1.5% (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did Semmelweis face opposition and lack of trust for his intuition?

<p>Vienna hospital (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed the sterilization of instruments used for surgery as a method to control infections?

<p>Louis Pasteur (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What concept did McBurney contribute to in the control of surgical infections?

<p>'Source control' of infection (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what was the role of aseptic technique in controlling the presence of bacteria?

<p>Creating an aseptic environment during surgery (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Semmelweis demonstrate could reduce mortality from puerperal fever?

<p>Washing hands with chlorine water (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What key concept related to bacteria did the following years reveal, according to the text?

<p>'Aerobes' and 'Anaerobes' (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which individual's intuition led to the development of an 'aseptic procedure' for surgery?

<p>Semmelweis (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which city did Louis Pasteur talk about the 'germ theory'?

<p>'Paris' (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did McBurney understand about infections that led to a new approach in controlling them?

<p>'Infections spread from a specific point' (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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