asepsis

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Ironically, as Fitzharris reveals, Lister resisted this: he believed that asepsis would be impossible in the home, where the wealthy and middle classes were treated.

From Nature • Oct. 3, 2017

The operation requires the best of skill and asepsis.

From Time Magazine Archive

When asepsis finally came into fashion washing began in good earnest.

From Time Magazine Archive

The writing ranges from racy colloquialism to surgical asepsis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under the conditions which necessarily accompanied this operation the ensurance of asepsis was impossible, and the additional wound no doubt proved the source of infection.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry