This Catheter training is designed to provide care workers with essential information about catheter care. Furthermore, people have urinary catheters inserted for different reasons. In addition to this, urinary catheters can cause issues that impact on a person's health and wellbeing. Therefore, care workers involved in catheter care must be competent to minimise the risk of infection and provide safe support with dignity and respect.

This Catheter Care training also looks at why catheters are used and the different types. Additionally, we explore what the common everyday challenges are, how to identify these and manage them. We also explain when to seek help and where to go.

• What is a urinary catheter?
• Why are catheters used?
• Types of catheters and equipment
• Emptying and changing a urinary drainage bag
• Catheter hygiene and care
• Common challenges and problem solving
• Infection prevention and control
• Risks and risk management
• Wellbeing, monitoring and record keeping

By the end of the training you will:

• Understand what a urinary catheter is
• Identify the different types of urinary catheter
• Understand why and when catheterisation is required
• Identify the different types of equipment used
• Know how to change and empty a urinary drainage bag
• Identify common challenges and how to solve these
• Recognise the symptoms of a catheter-associated urinary tract infection
• Understand the risks and how to manage them

This Catheter training is specifically for people working in a social care setting who want to know more about Catheter Care. It may also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about this topic.