Course introduces the primary skills and responsibilities of a sterile processing technician. Focuses on safety awareness standards, recording keeping and documentation, environmental condition standards, instrumentation preparation, sterile storage and inventory management strategies and techniques, and professional skills in a healthcare setting.
Course introduces the primary skills and responsibilities of a sterile processing technician. Students will learn sterile processing techniques and procedures related to equipment maintenance and efficacy, disinfection, instrument decontamination and preparation for transportation to work areas, sterilization methods, and sterile storage and inventory.
Course involves placement in an approved field to integrate and apply knowledge and skills in a clinical setting. Minimum of 100 (one hundred) hours in a supervised field experience. Focus of practical experience in core functions includes the 25% of the hands-on-hours of experience required to be eligible for Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) Certification (CRCST Certification also requires successful completion of the CRCST certification exam). Core functions of the clinical experience include decontamination, preparing and packing instruments, sterilization and disinfection, storage and distribution, quality assurance processes, and equipment.