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Ignaz Semmelweis - Introducing hand disinfection standards, in obstetrical clinics, from 1847

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis was an Austro-Hungarian physician and scientist, now known as an early pioneer of antiseptic procedures. Described as the "saviour of mothers", Semmelweis discovered that the incidence of puerperal fever could be drastically cut by the use of hand disinfection in obstetrical clinics.

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