Competency information
Details
Set up equipment ready for use for each type of investigation.
Considerations
- Range of equipment used and the principles of measurement.
- Recognition of the errors or potential risks of using defective equipment in clinical practice and the implications of use.
- Identification of common faults and remedial action.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Perform safe urethral catheterisation. |
| # 2 | Outcome Perform safe insertion of rectal catheters. |
| # 3 | Outcome Perform flowmetry, residual urine assessment by ultrasound, and filling and voiding cystometry in patients presenting with a range of conditions, for example urinary retention, urgency and stress incontinence. |