Clean Needle Technique
what is the purpose of CNT? - answers✔✔reduce risk of spreading infection from patient to patient,
from patient to ourselves, or from ourselves to patient.
Reason for CNT - answers✔✔Reduce risk of accidents
Help maintain public safety
Help meet medical, legal and ethical requirements of healthcare workers
Sterilizatation - answers✔✔the process of destroying ALL microbial life (including viruses) via sterilants
(chemicals) or sterilizing methods.
Disinfection - answers✔✔the process that REDUCES the number of microbes on *inanimate* objects.
Disinfected objects are considered "clean"
Antiseptic - answers✔✔Chemicals used to reduce microbes on *living tissue*. They are used on patients
and practitioners.
Disinfectants - answers✔✔Chemicals used to reduce microbes on inanimate objects. They are used on
tools and equipment.
Aseptic Techniques - answers✔✔used to prevent infection during invasive procedures, such as for
surgery, or other invasive procedures or dressing wounds.
Clean techniques - answers✔✔used by acupuncturists during our needle insertion activities.
Clean Field - answers✔✔Section of a work surface, including the skin of and surrounding the targeted
acupoint, that has been prepared to manage acupuncture equipment in a way to protect the sterility of
acu needles.
, Contraindications of needling - answers✔✔Excessively elevated blood pressure because of the risk of
stroke
Contraindications of needling - answers✔✔Intoxicated or chemically mind-altered state of you or your
patient whether from illicit or prescription meds, alcohol or mental function.
Contraindications of needling - answers✔✔Patient refusal
Contraindications of needling - answers✔✔Wound at specific site of insertion (infection, bruise, rashes,
etc.)
Precautions of needling - answers✔✔Pregnant women
Precautions if needling - answers✔✔Be aware if your patient is on blood thinners.
Precautions if needling - answers✔✔History of syncope/fainting
Precautions if needling - answers✔✔Know if your patient has compromised ability to sense pain, temp,
pressure, etc.
Precautions if needling - answers✔✔Know anomolies and general health history of your patient.
Precautions if needling - answers✔✔Time considerations
True de Qi sensation - answers✔✔Felt when the needle is seated in the muscle layer, not the skin layer.
That is, in the channel not the wei qi.
How should de qi feel? - answers✔✔NOT excruciating pain. If it is excruciating, then something is wrong.
what is the purpose of CNT? - answers✔✔reduce risk of spreading infection from patient to patient,
from patient to ourselves, or from ourselves to patient.
Reason for CNT - answers✔✔Reduce risk of accidents
Help maintain public safety
Help meet medical, legal and ethical requirements of healthcare workers
Sterilizatation - answers✔✔the process of destroying ALL microbial life (including viruses) via sterilants
(chemicals) or sterilizing methods.
Disinfection - answers✔✔the process that REDUCES the number of microbes on *inanimate* objects.
Disinfected objects are considered "clean"
Antiseptic - answers✔✔Chemicals used to reduce microbes on *living tissue*. They are used on patients
and practitioners.
Disinfectants - answers✔✔Chemicals used to reduce microbes on inanimate objects. They are used on
tools and equipment.
Aseptic Techniques - answers✔✔used to prevent infection during invasive procedures, such as for
surgery, or other invasive procedures or dressing wounds.
Clean techniques - answers✔✔used by acupuncturists during our needle insertion activities.
Clean Field - answers✔✔Section of a work surface, including the skin of and surrounding the targeted
acupoint, that has been prepared to manage acupuncture equipment in a way to protect the sterility of
acu needles.
, Contraindications of needling - answers✔✔Excessively elevated blood pressure because of the risk of
stroke
Contraindications of needling - answers✔✔Intoxicated or chemically mind-altered state of you or your
patient whether from illicit or prescription meds, alcohol or mental function.
Contraindications of needling - answers✔✔Patient refusal
Contraindications of needling - answers✔✔Wound at specific site of insertion (infection, bruise, rashes,
etc.)
Precautions of needling - answers✔✔Pregnant women
Precautions if needling - answers✔✔Be aware if your patient is on blood thinners.
Precautions if needling - answers✔✔History of syncope/fainting
Precautions if needling - answers✔✔Know if your patient has compromised ability to sense pain, temp,
pressure, etc.
Precautions if needling - answers✔✔Know anomolies and general health history of your patient.
Precautions if needling - answers✔✔Time considerations
True de Qi sensation - answers✔✔Felt when the needle is seated in the muscle layer, not the skin layer.
That is, in the channel not the wei qi.
How should de qi feel? - answers✔✔NOT excruciating pain. If it is excruciating, then something is wrong.
