antisepsis
- noun
- /ˌæntiˈsɛp.sɪs/
- Specialized
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antisepsia
- To maintain patient safety, understanding antisepsis is crucial for all healthcare workers.
Examples
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Before antisepsis became an accepted medical practice near the end of the nineteenth century, most patients preferred to be treated at home.
Academic text (1991) -
By the beginning of the twentieth century, between New York and Boston, there was no hospital to rival its excellence as a teaching institution for the young doctors wishing to enter the embryonic surgical and medical specialties spawned by advances in antisepsis and sterility.
Academic text (1991) -
A little knowledge of antisepsis can go a long way.
Blog text (28) -
But topical antisepsis has not, does not carry that same fear.
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Antisepsis.
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Luckily, our local surgeon is well versed... in Lister's latest antisepsis and asepsis methods... as I see are you.
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The key issue isn't the availability of hormonal contraceptives, which are a red herring in population control debates; it's the availability of antibiotics and effective antisepsis for infection control.
Blog text (28) -
The use of antisepsis in surgical procedures helps prevent the spread of harmful bacteria.
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Improved antisepsis techniques have significantly lowered infection rates in hospitals.
Synonyms
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Completely free of germs that can cause infection
A state of being free from harmful germs to prevent infection in medical care
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Etymology
The word antisepsis comes from anti- meaning 'against' and sepsis meaning 'decay' or 'rot', and you can see anti- in antibiotic and sepsis in septic. So antisepsis means acting 'against rot' to stop germs and prevent infection.