Competency information
Details
Carry out routine maintenance and calibration procedures on the equipment.
Considerations
- Recognition of the errors or potential risks of using defective equipment in clinical practice.
- Identification of common faults and appropriate remedial action.
- Calibration procedures for each type of equipment.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 7 | Outcome Carry out routine maintenance, calibration and quality assurance procedures on the equipment used to undertake spirometry, lung volumes, gas transfer, challenge testing and assessment of non-invasive muscle function, and assess the response to respiratory pharmacotherapy, measurement of overnight pulse oximetry and CPAP equipment. |