
Urinary Catheter Care Training Course
Cork | Dublin | Limerick
Urinary Catheter Care

This training Urinary Catheter Care Training Course is aimed at health care professionals who are working in healthcare facilities. The course teaches healthcare staff on how to manage and change different types of urinary catheters.
The catheter care training course can be delivered onsite or offsite as required in Cork and Nationwide. The course is delivered by our registered Doctor and Prehospital Emergency Care Council practitioners.
Urinary Catheter Care Training Course
Entry criteria: Practicing Health Care Provider
Session 1 Theory:
Infection control
Aseptic techniques
Indications for catheterisation
Methods of catheterisation (permanent and intermittent)
Selection of catheters & sizing
Complications of catheterisation and dealing with blockages
Care of the suprapubic and indwelling catheter
Consent (informed, expressed and implied consent)
Session 2 Practical:
Communication and obtaining consent
Infection control procedures with aseptic techniques
Demonstration of selection of different types of catheters
Insertion and removal of different types of the catheters (intermittent, permanent) on female and male manikins
Practicals carried out on a full life size Laerdal training manikin
Practical assessments
MCQ Exam