Identifier: 54121250R.nlm.nih.gov
Title: First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Goodnow, Minnie, 1871-1952, author New York Academy of Medicine, donor
Subjects: Nursing Nursing Care
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Contributing Library: U.S. National Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons, U.S. National Library of Medicine

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id tocome in only when they are convalescent. Sweeping.—Dry sweeping with a broom on bare floorsis both unsanitary and ineffective. A soft bristle brushcollects and removes more of the dust and does not scatterit into the air. There are vacuum cleaners which maybe used successfully on a bare floor; for hospital use,these need a man to run them. One may employ a sweeping powder; this assistsmaterially in preventing the dust from flying about; orscraps of dampened newspaper, tea leaves, etc., may bescattered over the floor before sweeping. It has beenproven by bacteriological experiments that sweepingdone with sawdust moistened with 2 per cent, carbolic CLEANING 35 solution gives the best results, i.e., that there are fewergerms thrown into the air by the process. In private homes where there are carpets any of theabove methods may be used, except that one must usea broom instead of a brush. Always begin to sweep at the edges of the room, andwork toward the center and toward the door.
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Fig. 1.—Sweeping with damp cloth over broom.—(Aikens Home NursesHandbook of Practical Nursing.) Wiping Floors.—After the bulk of the visible dirt isremoved by one means or another, the floor should bewiped, so that any bacteria, which are far too small to betaken up by a dry process, may be caught on a dampsurface and carried away. For temporary cleaning, adamp cloth fastened over a broom is excellent; it enablesone to get into corners and removes the dust with very 36 FIRST YEAR NURSING little effort. Usually a mop or wet cloth is used, and ifthe cleaning is done daily, only clear water is necessary.(Most maids do not change the water often enough incleaning floors.) Soap should not be used on woodfloors, as it ruins any finish which may be on them.Mosaic, tile, cement, or composition floors usually needsoap. Linoleum should be cleaned with clear water. Theoretically, a disinfectant should be used uponhospital floors, but it is destructive to any wood finish,and in actual pract

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