The newsreel consists of the following plots: 1 plot. Reliable barrier. A fragment of a surgical operation in the Central Sterilization Department of the Moscow Medical Academy. Sterilization process of surgical instruments: the nurse loads the used surgical instruments into powerful washing units from surface contamination; clean tools move along the conveyor; syringes and needles are sealed in sealed bags with an indicator mark; then the instruments are placed in a steam sterilizer. 2 plot. Insidious disease. Institute of Rheumatology, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences. A patient diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus at a doctor's appointment. Doctor of Medical Sciences Professor M.M. Ivanova and her colleagues examine patients in a hospital ward. M.M. Ivanova works at the desk in the office. NDP on various drugs. 3 plot. Immunodeficiency. Children diagnosed with immunodeficiency in hospital wards. NDP. A nurse takes a blood test from a boy in a laboratory procedure room at the Institute of Immunology in Moscow. Immunologists conduct a study of blood at the cellular level using modern equipment, study the quantitative and qualitative composition of the lymphocyte. Color image of a lymphocyte on the monitor screen. 4 plot. Ethnoscience. Armenia. Herbalist A. Sargsyan collects medicinal plants in clean mountain meadows, talks about the healing qualities of plants (sinhr.). NDP on various herbs, mountain stream.