Sterile Operating Area

Series

Series Name: Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1972

Filmed

Jan 1972

Length of issue (in feet)

474

Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: In an operating theatre every speck of dust is a potential danger, especially severe in hip-joint surgery, where a large area of tissue is exposed. An air-conditioning specialist and a surgeon have jointly designed an operating enclosure and "space-suit" operating gowns to prevent every single air-borne bacterium from reaching the sterile area.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Safety devices; Inventions and discoveries; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/97

Credits:

Producer: Anthony Thomson
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter: Howard Williams
Camera: Ian Nowell
Director: John Lyndon
Camera: Ray Ashton

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