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What did Ignaz Semmelweis and Joseph Lister develop in the mid-1800s?
What did Ignaz Semmelweis and Joseph Lister develop in the mid-1800s?
- Antibiotics for treating infections
- Diagnostic tools for identifying microbes
- Microbial control practices for medical procedures (correct)
- Vaccines for preventing diseases
What did Pasteur's work on microorganisms lead scientists to believe?
What did Pasteur's work on microorganisms lead scientists to believe?
- Microbes were only present in non-medical environments
- Microbes were beneficial for human health
- Microbes were a possible cause of disease (correct)
- Microbes had no impact on human health
What were hospital-acquired infections known as in the mid-1800s?
What were hospital-acquired infections known as in the mid-1800s?
- Post-operative infections
- Nosocomial infections (correct)
- Medical facility infections
- Surgical infections
What was the cause of death in at least 10% of surgical cases before the mid-1800s?
What was the cause of death in at least 10% of surgical cases before the mid-1800s?
What did a surgeon in the American Civil War might have used to clean his scalpel?
What did a surgeon in the American Civil War might have used to clean his scalpel?
What did Ignaz Semmelweis and Joseph Lister develop in the mid-1800s?
What did Ignaz Semmelweis and Joseph Lister develop in the mid-1800s?
What was the cause of death in at least 10% of surgical cases before the mid-1800s?
What was the cause of death in at least 10% of surgical cases before the mid-1800s?
What did Pasteur's work on microorganisms lead scientists to believe?
What did Pasteur's work on microorganisms lead scientists to believe?
What did the Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis and English physician Joseph Lister use to develop microbial control practices?
What did the Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis and English physician Joseph Lister use to develop microbial control practices?
What did the scientific control of microbial growth begin?
What did the scientific control of microbial growth begin?
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