Training activity information

Details

Perform routine maintenance and calibration of the equipment used in the following investigations:

  • Ambulatory urodynamics
  • Urethral pressure profilometry
  • Retrograde leak point pressure

Considerations

  • Manufacturer requirements for routine maintenance and calibration of local urodynamics equipment
  • Local and national health and safety policies and procedures
  • Local requirements for equipment safety testing and maintenance
  • Catheter types and urodynamic systems
  • Calibration of air-charged and water-based transducers
  • Calibration of flow machines
  • Troubleshooting equipment issues
  • Identify and rectify equipment issues
  • Requirements for equipment maintenance records
  • Safe laboratory practices
  • Quality assurance procedures and their application

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 5 Outcome

Evaluate the support, routine maintenance, and calibration procedures for equipment used in advanced urodynamic studies.