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        KILLING OF BACTERIA FOR A STERILE ENVIRONMENT IN OUR HOMES  In a bid to increase their sales, some manufacturers of detergents and antiseptics are conducting a vicious campaign misinforming the public that it is good to create a sterile environment on our bodies and in our homes because there are germs everywhere and they are all harmful. We are being persuaded to use antiseptic soaps and solutions in our bath water and on all surfaces and clothes that we clean. The companies inveigle the medical and nursing fellows to lend the credibility of their professions by uploading the lies contained in these advertisements. Member of these groups should realize that they are violating the ethics of their profession by contributing to shamefully misleading the public on the very issues they have the duty to educate us on. Living organisms are indeed everywhere. Human beings think they are basically a sterile being, and regard the billions an...

BOTTOM-UP OR THIGH HIGH? PREFERRED SITES FOR INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTIONS. I ntramuscular injections are preferred over the oral route when there is a need to be sure of sustaining a reasonable level of drug in serum over a reasonable period of time. It would seem that this can be better achieved by intravenous infusion but the consequent dilution of the drug in the carrying fluid outside the body does tend to have an adverse effect on efficacy, so bolus injections into intravenous infusions are often preferred. This, however, does not provide uniform serum levels, but spike levels which then drop between injections. Intramuscular injections provide a more uniform sustenance of serum level as the drug is absorbed from the muscle depot after the first injection. The commonest sites for intramuscular injections are the gluteal (buttock), deltoid (shoulder) and quadriceps (thigh) muscles. The deltoid site is popular for vaccinations; other injections are usually given into the...