Competency information
Details
Assist in the routine quality assurance procedures on the 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. |