_First of all_, the knives, scissors, and needles should be laid
carefully aside and cleaned at once. Scrub all instruments in cold
water to remove blood and pus, then in hot water with plenty of soap.
Rinse thoroughly in hot water, then place in boiling water, take them
out singly and dry; _do not drain_. Following pus cases all instruments
must be boiled for at least fifteen minutes in 1 per cent. soda
solution.