Aseptic Non Touch Technique (ANTT) (e-learning)

Target Audience/Eligibility Criteria

This training is designed for clinical and non-clinical staff that undertake invasive procedures such as minor operations, wound dressing and venepuncture.  It is essential that a minimum of one person per practice completes this e-learning, all other such staff would receive cascaded training and internal practice assessment (from the individual who has undertaken the e-learning and received external assessment).

Course Aim

This e-learning teaches healthcare workers how to apply the ANTT Clinical Practice Framework to clinical practice using the ANTT-Approach.  The e-learning should be followed by an assessment – see additional information below.

This training is in line with The Health & Social Care Act 2008 Code of practice on the prevention and control of infections that requires staff who undertake procedures, which require skills such as aseptic non-touch technique, are trained and required to demonstrate proficiency before being allowed to undertake these procedures independently.  Please note that ANTT is only part of the annual infection prevention audits for practices.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course delegates will:

• Demonstrate the application of effective aseptic technique with ANTT
• Demonstrate safe aseptic technique for complex and simple invasive procedures including the maintenance of invasive medical devices
• Demonstrate the universal clinical practice language for ANTT including:
  • Demonstrate the Principles and Safeguards of ANTT
  • Demonstrate the fundamental concept of Key-Part and Key-Site protection
  • Demonstrate the explicit aim of aseptic technique
  • Demonstrate advanced and flexible aseptic field management
  • Demonstrate Surgical-ANTT and Standard-ANTT
  • Demonstrate conventional and advanced non touch technique, and
• Be able to apply the ANTT-Approach to any clinical practice.

Course Duration

50 minutes (for the e-learning) plus assessment

Trainer/Facilitator

ANTT On-line Training

Date/Time/Venue 

This is e-learning so it can be undertaken at any time.

Cost           

The cost of this e-learning is payable by the practice and is £19 per delegate, the Greater Manchester ICB do not fund this training. Only one person per practice is required to complete this training, all other staff will be assessed internally within the practice.

Booking Process/Additional Information

• To access this training please follow this – Link
• One member of staff from the practice can be nominated to assess all staff. This individual does not need to be a qualified assessor.  The individual needs to complete the e-learning and then arrange to be assessed by Sarah Turner  – sarah.l.turner@stockport.gov.uk.  Sarah will come to the practice to assess that member of staff, who can then cascade the learning and undertake an assessment of the other staff as required.
• All members of staff who undertake invasive procedures such as minor ops, wound dressing and venepuncture must receive cascaded training and undertake an assessment.  Evidence of completion will be required for
  infection prevention audits.
• Please see the following flowchart for more information

Step 1 Training

• Complete online training (practice to pay for one clinical individual to be trained)
• https://www.antt-training.com/content/store/store.jsp?category=ANTT%20modules
• The practice designates who is to be trained (this could be a GP or a Nurse, they do not need to be a qualified assessor)

Step 2 Evidence

• Send evidence of completed training to Health Protection & Control of Infection Unit (FAX 0161 474 4369).
• Make arrangements with the Health Protection Unit for a Health Protection Nurse to visit to assess competence (0161 474 2440)

Step 3 Assessment

• This is a practical assessment, once the assessment has taken place and all standards achieved a certificate of competence and the ANTT policy for Primary Care will be issued by the Health Protection Team

Step 4 Cascade Training

• The trained and assessed individual is then responsible for training and assessing all staff within the practice who undertake clinical procedures. A record MUST be kept in the practice. The ANTT policy contains a certificate which can be issued.

Step 5 Reassessment

• The initial individual trained in ANTT MUST be re-assessed by the Health Protection Nurse and a competency certificate re issued on a three yearly basis to ensure standards of competence are maintained

Step 6 Cascade reassessment

• All individuals assessed in house must be assessed following the initial individuals re assessment on a three yearly basis
• New certificates of competency to be re-isssued

Step 7

• If the original person trained online leaves the practice, a new individual must be nominated to undergo the online training (see Step 1)

Further information

• Further information / details can be obtained from the Health Protection unit (0161 474 2440) or via email to healthprotection@stockport.gov.uk