Central Sterile Processing Technician
Competency-based
ONET: 31-9093.00
22
Skills
165h
Related instructions
Classroom instruction topics
- Sterile Instrument Processing
- Sterile Instrument Lab Skills
- Seminar: Sterile Processing
On-the-job training
- Cleaning, decontamination, and disinfection of surgical equipment and instruments
- Maintain the work environment in a safe, clean and orderly fashion
- Prepare working area for decontamination
- Prepare quality tests to ensure proper equipment operation; repair, service or obtain professional vendor services as needed
- Separate disposable from non-disposable items and dispose of expendable supplies properly
- Prepare items for decontamination and conduct decontamination procedures
- Preparation, packaging, and sterilization of surgical equipment
- Inspect items for cleanliness, functionality and integrity
- Assemble items for packaging and sterilization
- Transfer and sterilize items safely and accurately
- Maintain personal health and safety as well as team/environment health and safety
- Sterilize instruments and equipment properly, fully and in accordance with standard operating procedures and/or manufacturer recommendations (IFUs)
- Prepare work area and test sterilizer function
- Select appropriate sterilizer equipment, packaging and methods based on equipment, instruments and standard operating procedures
- Load sterilizer properly, use correct cycle settings
- Ensure integrity and effectiveness of sterilization process
- Store sterilized instruments and equipment properly
- Manage inventory and restocking according to established protocols; participate in team and department functions
- Maintain safe, clean and orderly storage environment
- Stock, rotate, inspect, confirm, distribute and monitor usage of items
- Demonstrate strong customer relations skills
- Participate in department organization and functions
- Maintain, clean, procure and distribute patient care equipment
- Ordering, processing and receiving rental equipment
- Assemble equipment for distribution
- Deliver equipment as per company policies and protocols
- Maintain and inspect equipment, send for repair as necessary
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