Competency information
Details
Assist in the routine maintenance and calibration of equipment used to plan and make medical devices producing accurate records in accordance with relevant legislation and guidance.
Considerations
- Routine equipment maintenance and calibration procedures and schedules.
- Expected performance, limitations and calibration of equipment.
- The appropriate selection, operation, calibration and quality assurance of equipment.
- National guidance and legislation.
- The importance, application and relevance of routine quality assurance to patient care and treatment and implications of unsafe performance for staff and patients.
- Current national quality assurance guidance.
- Reporting systems.
- Repairs, decontamination and record keeping.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 11 | Outcome Assist in the routine maintenance, calibration and quality assurance procedures on the equipment used to plan and make medical devices. |