![]() ![]() Preventing and reducing SSI are the most important reasons for using sterile technique during invasive procedures and surgeries. It is simply post op infection that occurs at the surgical site (CDC, 2014). ![]() Sterile technique is essential to help prevent surgical site infections (SSI), an unintended and oftentimes preventable complication arising from surgery. Sterile technique may include the use of sterile equipment, sterile gowns, and gloves (Perry et al., 2014). ![]() In healthcare, sterile technique is always used when the integrity of the skin is accessed, impaired, or broken (e.g., burns or surgical incisions). ![]() It is also used when performing a sterile procedure at the bedside, such as inserting devices into sterile areas of the body or cavities (e.g., insertion of chest tube, central venous line, or indwelling urinary catheter). Sterile technique is most commonly practised in operating rooms, labour and delivery rooms, and special procedures or diagnostic areas. Principles of sterile technique help control and prevent infection, prevent the transmission of all microorganisms in a given area, and include all techniques that are practised to maintain sterility. In the literature, surgical asepsis and sterile technique are commonly used interchangeably, but they mean different things (Kennedy, 2013). Sterile technique is a set of specific practices and procedures performed to make equipment and areas free from all microorganisms and to maintain that sterility (Centre for Disease Control, 2007). Surgical asepsis is the absence of all microorganisms within any type of invasive procedure. The study also highlights issues around the implementation of evidence-based practice and the need for clearer guidance about how evidence should be used alongside existing procedures.Asepsis refers to the absence of infectious material or infection. This study highlights the challenges of maintaining the principles of asepsis in a home environment and the fact that district nurses are often relied upon to find creative solutions to such challenges. The research also identified misconceptions about clean versus aseptic procedures and a lack of training for staff. Common challenges included wound cleaning using a single nurse procedure, the contents of the pack and the home environment. The results show that almost all of the staff understood the principles of asepsis and had adapted the standard procedure for use in a patient's home. Data were collected from one Trust in England with a total of 10 district nurses taking part and 30 aseptic procedures been observed. This study used a mixture of non-participant observation and individual semi-structured interviews to examine adherence to the principles of the aseptic technique among the district nurses. The overall aim of this research project was to examine how experienced practitioners have adapted the aseptic technique within a community setting and to what extent the changed procedure still adhered to the principles of asepsis. The few studies that have been conducted have identified how strict adherence to the technique is difficult and contamination of hands/gloves is common and that community nurses often have a fatalistic view about whether asepsis is possible in a community setting. The performance of an aseptic technique is an under-researched area. Such an approach has been advocated for community practitioners. Maintaining the principles of asepsis when performing wound care and other invasive procedures is one of the fundamental approaches of preventing healthcare-acquired infection. ![]()
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