[Measures of prophylaxis of nosocomial infections in somatic hospitals].

Data are presented on the complex of measures for the prophylaxis of infections at the obstetrical and surgical clinics; also information on the efficacy of new disinfectants made in the USSR for the disinfection of objects of external environment, hands of medical personnel and air in somatic hospitals is given.

Comparative insecticidal acitvity of sumithrin and neopinamine.

The examination of insecticidal properties of the new pyrethroid--sumithrin--showed this compound in contact action to be a highly effective insecticide, superior in activity to neopinamine. The intestinal action of sumithrin is less pronounced in comparison with neopinamine. Sumithrin is more selective in its effect on insects as compared with neopinamine.

[Insecticidal properties of sumitrin].

The study of insecticidal properties of sumitrin demonstrated that in contact action it was a highly effective insecticide; in topical application LD50 for domestic flies, bedbugs and cockroaches was 0.47, 1.25 and 3.