For more information on personal protective equipment (specified as the first item in the procedure guideline equipment lists where relevant), see page 87 in Chapter c04: Infection prevention and control.
- Abdominal examination
- Abdominal paracentesis
- Abdominal paracentesis
- Acupuncture: preparation and administration
- Adjustable wrap compression system: application to the arm
- Adjustable wrap compression system: application to the lower leg
- Apheresis
- Application of a two‐piece cervical collar
- Applying and removing a disposable apron
- Arterial blood gas sampling: arterial cannula
- Arterial cannula insertion: preparation and setting up of monitoring set
- Arterial cannula: removal
- Arterial puncture: radial artery
- Artificial eye care: insertion
- Artificial eye care: removal
- Aseptic technique example: changing a wound dressing
- Assessing a malignant fungating wound
- Assessing a patient's sexual health concerns
- Assisting a patient to walk
- Basic life support
- Bedbathing a patient
- Blood component administration
- Blood components: collection and delivery to the clinical area
- Blood cultures: central venous access device
- Blood cultures: peripheral (winged device collection method)
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Blood pressure measurement (manual)
- Blood product request
- Blood sampling: antimicrobial drug assay
- Blood sampling: pre‐transfusion
- Bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy
- Bone marrow harvest
- Breast fine‐needle aspiration (FNA)
- Breast punch biopsy
- Breathlessness management: essential oil administration via aroma stick inhaler
- Breathlessness management: using a handheld fan
- Cardiovascular examination
- Care after death
- Care of a patient who is vomiting
- Caring for the patient in the anaesthetic room
- Carotid artery rupture (CAR)
- Carrying out clinical procedures in a seated posture (e.g. cannulation)
- Central venous access devices: taking a blood sample for syringe sampling
- Central venous access devices: taking a blood sample for vacuum sampling
- Central venous access devices: unblocking an occlusion
- Central venous catheter (skin tunnelled): surgical removal
- Central venous catheter: insertion site dressing change
- Cervical uterine smear using liquid‐based cytology
- Cervical uterine smear using liquid‐based cytology
- Changing a suprapubic catheter
- Changing the balloon water and checking the volume of a balloon gastrostomy
- Chest drain: assisting insertion
- Chest drain: changing the bottle
- Chest drain: removal
- Chest drainage: suction
- Cleaning a hard surface without recontamination
- Clinical breast examination
- Clip removal
- Closed drainage systems: changing a vacuum bottle
- Closure and follow‐up
- Commencing bladder irrigation
- Commode use: assisting a patient
- Compression bandaging (multilayer short‐stretch): bandaging an arm and the fingers
- Compression bandaging (multilayer short‐stretch): bandaging a leg and the toes
- Compression therapy limb volume calculation: lower limb
- Compression therapy limb volume calculation; upper limb
- Conducting a holistic needs assessment (HNA)
- Contact lens removal: hard lenses
- Contact lens removal: soft lenses
- Continent urinary diversion stoma: self‐catheterization
- Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
- Core breast biopsy
- Cytotoxic spillage management
- Cytotoxic therapy: education for patients on oral cytotoxic drugs
- Cytotoxic therapy: intramuscular administration of cytotoxic drugs (Z‐track)
- Cytotoxic therapy: intraperitoneal instillation of cytotoxic drugs
- Cytotoxic therapy: intrapleural instillation of cytotoxic drugs
- Cytotoxic therapy: intravenous administration of cytotoxic drugs
- Cytotoxic therapy: intraventricular administration of cytotoxic drugs via an intraventricular access device (Ommaya reservoir)
- Cytotoxic therapy: intravesical instillation of cytotoxic drugs
- Cytotoxic therapy: topical application of cytotoxic drugs
- Developing and actioning a care plan
- Digital rectal examination
- Digital removal of faeces
- Donning a sterile gown and gloves: closed technique
- Donning sterile gloves: open technique
- Drainage systems: changing the dressing around the drain site for both open and closed drains
- Dressing a malignant fungating wound
- Dressing a wound
- Early mobilization of a patient with spinal considerations
- Early mobilization of the patient in bed
- Elastic compression garments: application to the arm
- Elastic compression garments: application to the leg
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Enema administration
- Enteral feeding tubes: administration of feed using an enteral feeding pump
- Enteral feeding tubes: administration of medication
- Enteral feeding tubes: unblocking
- Entonox administration
- Entonox administration
- Epidural catheter removal
- Epidural exit site dressing change
- Epidural sensory blockade: assessment
- Epidural/intrathecal catheter removal
- Epidural/intrathecal exit site dressing change
- Epidural/intrathecal sensory blockade: assessment
- Extravasation management: peripheral cannula
- Extravasation management: peripheral cannula
- Extravasation: performing flush‐out following an extravasation
- Extravasation: performing flush‐out following an extravasation
- Eye irrigation
- Eye swabbing
- Faecal sampling
- Fatigue management
- Feeding an adult patient
- Flexible cystoscopy
- Flexible cystoscopy with argon plasma coagulation (APC)/cystodiathermy
- Flexible cystoscopy with bladder biopsy
- Flexible cystoscopy with stent removal
- Fluid input: measurement
- Fluid output: monitoring/measuring output from bowels
- Fluid output: monitoring/measuring output from drains
- Fluid output: monitoring/measuring output from gastric outlets, nasogastric tubes or gastrostomy
- Fluid output: monitoring/measuring output from stoma sites
- Fluid output: monitoring/measuring output if the patient is catheterized
- Fluid output: monitoring/measuring output if the patient is not catheterized
- Flushing externalized ureteric stents
- Hand decontamination using an alcohol‐based handrub
- Hand washing
- Handover in the post‐anaesthetic care unit (PACU): scrub nurse or operating department practitioner to recovery practitioner
- High‐flow oxygen therapy
- HME placement
- How a patient should make a claim for Attendance Allowance
- How a patient should make a claim for Carer's Allowance
- How a patient should make a claim for Employment and Support Allowance
- How a patient should make a claim for Personal Independence Payment
- Implanted arm PORT insertion using modified Seldinger technique (MST) with ultrasound guidance and ECG technology
- Implanted ports: insertion and removal of non‐coring needles
- Inserting an intraosseous needle
- Insertion of a faecal management system
- Insertion of a nasogastric drainage tube
- Insertion of a silicone gastrostomy stoma plug
- Insertion of an oropharyngeal airway
- Intra‐arterial administration of cytotoxic drugs
- Irrigation of the external auditory canal using an electronic irrigator
- Jejunostomy feeding tube care including dressing change
- Laryngectomy care
- Last Offices
- Log rolling a patient with suspected or confirmed cervical spinal instability (above T6)
- Log rolling a patient with suspected or confirmed thoracolumbar spinal instability (T7 and below)
- Log rolling for suspected/confirmed cervical spinal instability
- Log rolling for suspected/confirmed thoracolumbar spinal instability
- Lumbar puncture
- Making an occupied bed
- Making an unoccupied bed
- Management of dyspnoea (breathlessness)
- Measuring and applying antiembolic stockings
- Measuring the weight and height of a patient
- Measuring the weight, height and waist circumference of the patient
- Medication: administration by inhalation using a metered dose or dry powder inhaler
- Medication: administration by inhalation using a nebulizer
- Medication: continuous infusion of intravenous drugs
- Medication: controlled drug administration
- Medication: ear drop administration
- Medication: eye administration
- Medication: injection (bolus or push) of intravenous drugs
- Medication: injection administration
- Medication: intermittent infusion of intravenous drugs
- Medication: intradermal injection
- Medication: intramuscular injection
- Medication: multidose vial: powder preparation using a venting needle
- Medication: multidose vial: powder preparation using the equilibrium method
- Medication: nasal drop administration
- Medication: oral drug administration
- Medication: single‐dose ampoule: powder preparation
- Medication: single‐dose ampoule: solution preparation
- Medication: subcutaneous administration using a CME Medical T34 syringe pump (previously McKinley)
- Medication: subcutaneous infusion of fluids
- Medication: subcutaneous injection
- Medication: topical applications
- Medication: transdermal applications
- Medication: vaginal administration
- Midline catheter insertion
- Mouth care
- Mouth care for a patient with dentures
- Moving a patient from sitting to standing: assisting the patient
- Nasogastric intubation with tubes using an internal guidewire or stylet
- Nasopharyngeal wash: syringe method
- Nasopharyngeal wash: vacuum‐assisted aspirate method
- Negative pressure wound therapy
- Nephrostomy tube: flushing technique
- Nephrostomy tube: removal of locking pigtail drainage system
- Nephrostomy tube: weekly dressing and bag change and sample collection
- Neurological observations and assessment
- Nipple discharge smear
- Nipple tattooing
- Obtaining a clean‐catch urine sample from an ileal conduit
- Operating theatre procedure: maintaining the safety of a patient during surgery
- Oxygen therapy
- Pain assessment
- Peak flow reading using a manual peak flow meter
- Penile sheath application
- Pentamidine isetionate administration
- Percutaneous endoscopically placed gastrostomy (PEG) tube care
- Peripheral cannula insertion
- Peripheral nerve catheter removal
- PICC insertion using modified Seldinger technique (MST) with ultrasound
- PICC removal
- Positioning a neurological patient with tonal problems in a chair
- Positioning a neurological patient with tonal problems in bed
- Positioning a patient with an amputation
- Positioning a patient: in a chair or wheelchair
- Positioning a patient: lying down to sitting up
- Positioning a patient: side‐lying
- Positioning a patient: sitting up in bed
- Positioning a patient: supine
- Positioning an unconscious patient or a patient with an artificial airway in supine
- Positioning an unconscious patient or a patient with an artificial airway in side‐lying
- Positioning for suspected/confirmed cervical spinal instability: pelvic twist to right
- Pre‐operative care: checking that the patient is fully prepared for surgery
- Preparation for acupuncture and actions post‐treatment
- Protective isolation: entering an isolation room
- Protective isolation: preparing an isolation room
- Pulse measurement
- Putting on and removing a disposable mask or respirator
- Putting on and removing non‐sterile gloves
- Putting on or removing goggles or a face‐shield
- Radiation protection: cardiac arrest of patient who has received unsealed radioactive source therapy
- Radiation protection: contamination of bare hands by radioactive body fluids
- Radiation protection: death of patient who has received unsealed radioactive source therapy
- Radiation protection: evacuation due to fire of patients who have received unsealed radioactive source therapy
- Radiation protection: major spillage of radioactive body fluids through incontinence and/or vomiting
- Radiologically inserted gastrostomy (RIG) tube care
- Relaxation and anxiety management
- Removal of a nasogastric drainage tube
- Removal of a nasogastric tube
- Removal of externalized ureteric stents
- Removal of T‐fasteners
- Removing an intraosseous needle
- Respiratory assessment and pulse oximetry
- Respiratory examination
- Ribavirin administration
- Safe disposal of foul, infected or infested linen
- Safe management of patients in the post‐operative care unit (PACU)
- Scalp cooling
- Sealed source therapy: caesium sources (manual or afterloading): patient care
- Sealed source therapy: insertion of sealed radioactive sources into the oral cavity
- Sealed source therapy: low dose‐rate Selectron treatment
- Sealed source therapy: Selectron applicator removal
- Semen collection
- Shaving the face: dry electric shaver
- Shaving the face: wet shave
- Short‐term central venous catheter (non‐cuffed and non‐tunnelled) insertion into the internal jugular vein
- Short‐term central venous catheter (non‐cuffed and non‐tunnelled): removal
- Slipper bedpan use: assisting a patient
- Source isolation: entering an isolation room
- Source isolation: leaving an isolation room
- Source isolation: preparing an isolation room
- Source isolation: transporting infected patients outside a source isolation area
- Sputum sampling
- Stoma bag change
- Stoma bridge or rod removal
- Stoma siting
- Supporting physical activity
- Suppository administration
- Surgical scrub technique using an alcohol‐based handrub
- Surgical scrub technique using soap and water
- Suture removal
- Swab sampling: ear
- Swab sampling: eye
- Swab sampling: nose
- Swab sampling: penis
- Swab sampling: rectum
- Swab sampling: skin
- Swab sampling: throat
- Swab sampling: vagina
- Swab sampling: wound
- Terminal sedation
- Tracheostomy: changing a tube
- Tracheostomy: changing an inner cannula
- Tracheostomy: decannulation
- Tracheostomy: dressing and tube tape/tie change
- Tracheostomy: emergency management
- Tracheostomy: insertion and removal of a speaking valve
- Tracheostomy: suctioning a patient (single‐use suction catheter)
- Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) prostate biopsy
- Tympanic temperature measurement
- Ultrasound‐guided peripheral cannula insertion
- Unsealed radioactive sources for diagnostic investigations
- Unsealed source therapy: entering and leaving the room of a patient who has received an unsealed radioactive source
- Unsealed source therapy: iodine‐131 (oral capsule/liquid): administration
- Unsealed source therapy: iodine‐131 mIBG treatment: patient care
- Urinalysis: reagent strip
- Urinary catheter bag: emptying
- Urinary catheter removal
- Urinary catheterization: female
- Urinary catheterization: intermittent self‐catheterization patient guidance: male
- Urinary catheterization: intermittent self‐catheterization patient guidance: female
- Urinary catheterization: male
- Urine sampling: 24‐hour urine collection
- Urine sampling: catheter specimen of urine
- Urine sampling: midstream specimen of urine: female
- Urine sampling: midstream specimen of urine: male
- Urine sampling: sampling from an ileal conduit
- Vascular access devices: maintaining patency
- Venepuncture
- Verification of death
- Voice prosthesis: cleaning in situ
- Washing a patient's hair in bed
- Working at low or floor level
- Working in a seated position: office work
- Working with a patient lying in a bed or on another raised supportive surface
- Wound drain removal: closed drainage system
- Wound drain shortening for closed drainage systems
- Wound drain shortening for open drainage systems
