Sterile Processing Technician
What they do :
Sterile Processing Technicians clean, decontaminate and sterilize used surgical instruments and other medical supplies so that they can be redistributed and safely reused on new patients. Common duties include operating sterilization washers, assembling trays of instruments and delivering and keeping records of supplies.
Licenses/Certifications :
- CBSPD Technician Certification
Education needed :
- Certificate Program (typically 9 months or less)
Local schools offering this program :
- LA Trade Tech
- LA Harbor College
- Glendale Career College
Organizations :
- International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management – http://www.iahcsmm.org
- Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution – http://www.sterileprocessing.org