EFFECT OF SEMMELWEIS 1. Ignac Semmelweis: infection control, statistical analysis and quality control

Forrai, Judit (2015) EFFECT OF SEMMELWEIS 1. Ignac Semmelweis: infection control, statistical analysis and quality control. KALEIDOSCOPE: MŰVELŐDÉS- TUDOMÁNY- ÉS ORVOSTÖRTÉNETI FOLYÓIRAT, 6 (11). pp. 156-168. ISSN 2062-2597

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Abstract

Semmelweis "the Saviour of Mothers" had found the full truth: doctors and medical students who had previously autopsied mothers cadaver were infected the mothers during childbirth. The essence and aetiology of puerperal fever had showed the mode of its prevention, but with this new theory he was unable to convince his contemporaries of his simple and clear ideas. Semmelweis investigated and analyzed the monthly statistical data, the infection and the result after the prevention: the hand washing with chlorine solution was the cause of mortality rate decreased. In this article we intend to deal with the questions which illuminate the statistical conceptions and infection control methods of Semmelweis, their active role in the discovery of the aetiology of puerperal fever, one of the first applications of the methods of statistics in clinical medical science: epidemiology and its effects on the development of medical statistics and quality controll.

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