All About Aseptic Technique

There are approximately 165,000 incidences of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) every year in Australia, with over half of these being preventable (NHMRC 2019). Aseptic technique is a fundamental component of infection control and prevention that helps to decrease the risk of HAIs. What is Aseptic Technique?

Aseptic technique aims to achieve asepsis during invasive clinical procedures - that is, the absence of sufficient pathogens to cause an infection in the client (VIC DoH 2014; NHMRC 2019).