A German doctor, his surgical gown and gloves soaked with blood, is working with only a few sterile instruments and a dearth of antibiotics.

Get sterile instruments ready.

In others, officials have tried to convince people to use sterile instruments when practicing circumcision and scarring ceremonies.

Orderly Miss Bridget Murphy from County Cork kept all instruments sterile and ready for use.

In cultures that follow this practice, external genitalia are removed, usually without anesthesia and rarely with sterile instruments.

The cold, sterile surgical instruments.

Darlene Cooper, another scrub nurse, who was already gowned and gloved, reached into the sterile instruments and began to arrange them on a tray.

There are no scrub nurses, truly sterile instruments are rare, blood is washed off the hospital floor with a garden hose.

If you decide to get artificial nails or have a manicure, go to a salon that uses sterile instruments.

Normally, a blister filled with clear liquid should be protected, not drained, except possibly with a sterile instrument.