Urinary Catheter Care Training for Support Workers: Face-to-Face Training

This program is designed specifically for support workers to develop the essential knowledge and skills to assist clients to manage their urinary elimination needs via a catheter or external drainage device. Participants will practice and demonstrate using infection control guidelines, the management of different types of catheters and external drainage devices and discuss potential complications.

2 hours and 30 minutes face-to-face training and assessment

Urinary Catheter Care for Support Workers: Face-to-Face Training and Assessment

1 year

We select our Premium Health trainers and assessors carefully. All are nurses or paramedics with appropriate qualifications, technical expertise and experience in the health care, emergency first aid and education sectors. This enables them to provide you with quality training which is grounded in experience and knowledge of the field.

Some of the topics include:

• Discussing the basic anatomy and physiology of the renal system


• Explaining the different types of urinary catheters and external drainage devices


• Determining the complications relating to the use of urinary catheters or drainage devices


• Reviewing correct infection control procedures for handling and cleaning urine drainage devices


• Determining the scope of practice for support workers when managing a clients' urinary drainage devices


• Outlining the procedure for changing, emptying and cleaning urine drainage bags


• Demonstrating and practicing the changing and emptying a urine drainage bag