No-touch technology (hygiene)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The term non-touch technique (Engl. No touch , do not touch) comes from the field of medical care. This includes, for example, placing a catheter or treating a wound with bandages . The wound and the dressing material to be applied directly are not touched with bare hands. This technique aims to minimize the transmission of pathogens.

function

The non-touch technology is used to ensure a hygienic treatment of a wound or to prevent contamination from wearing protective gloves . In addition, protective clothing for all persons involved, disposable gloves with a low level of germs, and regular hand disinfection are essential.

There are two types of non-touch technology:

  • Use sterile gloves
  • Use of non-sterile disposable gloves, but sterile instruments (tweezers, scissors).

Basically, the non-touch technology does not replace the need for hand hygiene .

application

  • The wound may only come into contact with sterile dressing materials.
  • Do not touch the wound with unprotected hands.
  • Aseptic wounds (sterile wounds) are cleaned from the inside out.
  • Clean septic wounds (infected wounds with germs, bacteria or fungi) from the outside in (e.g. with isotonic saline solution , polyhexanide , octenidine , Ringer's solution ). > New care standards = always from the inside out!
  • Aseptic wounds are treated before septic wounds.
  • A compress may only be wiped over the wound once.
  • Do not handle ointments, bandages, etc. with contaminated gloves.

material

  • Non-sterile and sterile gloves
  • Sterile compresses
  • Elastic and inelastic bandages, fixation bandages, etc.
  • band Aid
  • scissors
  • Sterile forceps
  • Disinfectant spray

Process quality

In the broadest sense, this includes process quality measures: In hospitals or in surgical facilities, devices can be operated without the aid of hands, for example water taps, soap dispensers or sliding doors controlled by light barriers.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Expert standard "Care of people with chronic wounds" series of the German Network for Quality Development in Care, Osnabrück 2009, p. 49

literature