Infection Prevention

General Session

(E1) General Session: Aseptic Non Touch Technique (ANTT): Implications for Vascular Access

General Session Speaker(s)

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  Stephen Rowley, RN, RSCN, MScBSc(Hons)

  Clinical Director
  The Association for Safe Aseptic Practice

  Nothing to Disclose

Co-Presenter(s)

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  Simon Clare, RN, BA, MRes

  Research & Practice Development Director
  The Association for Safe Aseptic Practice

  Nothing to Disclose

ANTT is the de facto international standard for aseptic technique, now used in over 30 countries variously, and increasingly mandated by Governments nationally. Designed for all settings from surgery to community care, ANTT has particular advantage in intravenous access and the ongoing maintenance of central and peripheral IV devices. The originator for ANTT, Stephen Rowley from the UK, is mainly here to have a break from his four children, but will be explaining the ANTT Practice Framework, its application in practice and how it is widely used to improve patient safety and help reduce healthcare associated infection.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand The ANTT Practice Framework, and the benefits for patient safety in ANTT as an international standard for aseptic technique.
• Describe how ANTT is applied to central and peripheral IV access and ongoing maintenance
• Define and demonstrate the ANTT concept of Key-Part & Key-Site Protection
• Understand how best to implement ANTT into a team, department or organisation