Competency information
Details
Obtain a suitably completed request form, greet the patient, and check patient identity and recent clinical history.
Considerations
- Requirements for correct completion of request forms and how to validate.
- How to communicate with patients in a way that respects their dignity, rights, privacy and confidentiality.
- The importance of checking patient identity.
- The importance of explaining the procedure to the patient and gaining consent.
- How to take and record a patient history and key information required.
- Measurements that may be required pre and post investigation, such as height and weight, and their importance.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Plan and perform non-invasive breath tests under direct supervision (hydrogen, methane – if there is a methane analyser available – and urea breath testing) and explain the post-investigation process to the patient. |
| # 2 | Outcome Plan, perform and interpret the results of blood glucose monitoring in adult patients. |