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Medical Device Safety for Clinical Staff
Use, check and escalate the equipment your patients depend on.
foundation180 min6 lessons
What you'll learn
- Apply pre-use checks appropriate to a described device
- Identify unsafe alarm configuration in a described setup
- Select the correct action for a device failing during care
- Differentiate single-use from reusable device handling
- Apply the correct reporting and preservation steps to a device incident
- Recognise an electrical safety hazard in a described clinical area
Course content
6 modules · 6 lessons
1. Devices and Patient Risk
- Devices and Patient RiskPreview30m
2. Pre-Use Checks and Familiarisation
- Pre-Use Checks and Familiarisation30m
3. Alarms and Settings
- Alarms and Settings30m
4. When a Device Fails
- When a Device Fails30m
5. Decontamination and Classification
- Decontamination and Classification30m
6. Reporting and Maintenance
- Reporting and Maintenance30m