Abstract
One of the most troublesome problems confronting the medical staff of the base hospitals in camps is the prevention of cross infections. A mistaken diagnosis in the examining room may place measles in a scarlet fever ward, or meningitis in a clean diagnostic ward. These mistakes are partially remedied by sending all doubtful patients to an observation ward, where they may be differentiated at leisure. The development of a secondary infection as a result of an exposure some time previous to entrance into the hospital is unavoidable. On the other hand, the contraction of a secondary infection directly from another individual in the same ward demands the most serious effort in the way of prevention. When a case of scarlet fever breaks out in a measles ward, the ward must be placed in quarantine for a week. By the end of the week another case may develop and require another
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