A critical discussion of undertaking Aseptic Non-Touch Technique

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Aseptic Non-Touch Technique
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A critical discussion of undertaking Aseptic Non-Touch Technique
Aseptic Non-Touch Technique (ANTT) is the essential procedure that aimed at
protecting patients from infection during invasive procedures and is achieved by minimizing
the presence of pathogenic microorganisms as is practically possible (Stronach, 2009). The
purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines to establish an ANTT as the safe and effective
technique that is used for all aseptic procedures carried out within the Trust (Hart, 2007).
This particular assignment will be discussed about the professional issues of this technique,
how the essential skills should be undertaken, and the factors that can impact the nursing care
when using the skills.
There are numerous benefits of using Aseptic Non-Touch Technique but it also has
some issues. There are some professional issues can be raised when using the aseptic Non-
Touch Technique. One of the most important professional issues is that it is time-consuming.
The physicians are well practices in the septic techniques and might feel uncomfortable.
Therefore it might take lots of time for them to adopt this technique in their practice
(Beaumont, Wyland, and Lee, 2016). Some of the professionals are not very familiar with
this technique and using this technique for the first time so it might hinder their practice. The
cleaning of the medical equipment’s like scissors, and forceps is basically done by the nurses
and other health care workers, therefore it is their responsibility to sterile that equipment
properly and ensures that the medical equipment are not infected (Hart, 2007). If the task has
not been done properly by the professionals this might leads to infections and in this case, the
physician might be accountable for the hospital-acquired infections (Beaumont, Wyland, and
Lee, 2016).
All the health care worker and physicians are more confident when they use their
own techniques, and ANTT might the new techniques for them and this might also reduce

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their confidence level as their daily practice has been changed suddenly (Preston, 2005).
According to the Aseptic Non-Touch Technique policy, when undertaking the medical
procedures like re-dressing the wounds, the nearby environment should be kept in mind and
the procedures should not be carried when doing other tasks like bed making. The physicians
have to concentrate on the patient, and they may forget to consider this in their practice
(Rowley, Ruffell, and Beer, 2010). It is not possible to use the equipment’s in all the medical
procedures, in some procedures the practitioners are more comfortable to use the gloves
rather than equipment’s, this might be a professional issue for them. To reduce the time of
medical practice the physicians or other health care worker might disobey the code of
conduct and the ANTT policy this may also lead to the consequences for the patient’s and
results in infection (Preston, 2005). The private and governmental hospitals need to be
checked whether they are following the policy or not as some of the healthcare providers
might disobey the policy to save the time and money spent on the techniques. Aseptic Non-
Touch Technique must be understood as a single technique. For example, it is not the finest
practice to carry out many dressing alterations on different areas of the body using the similar
sterile pack and equipment (Preston, 2005).
Healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) are a serious concern, estimate the NHS £1
billion annually and causing 5000 per year despite raised funding. A causal factor is the range
of aseptic procedures in use in various hospitals (Scales, 2011). These cause complications
for healthcare employees as well as aggregate the risk of infections. Development in aseptic
practice could be attained by using a single unified method to an aseptic technique which can
be consistent and audited yearly, such as the ANTT. It ends the issues related to the septic
techniques and ultimately reduces the rate of HAI (Scales, 2011).