Course Name: Sterile Processing Technician
Other Similar Job Titles --- Surgical Instrument Processor or Central Processing Technician
This course runs for 120 hours, 80 of which will be spent in a classroom setting for theory education while the rest of the 40 hours will be practical application or workshop training.
The training includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Responsibilities of the Position as Sterile Processing Technician
- Hospital Policies, Procedures, Organizational Structure and Rules
- Federal and State Regulations
- Job Safety Hazards and Measures to Reduce Risks
- Infection Control
- Decontamination
- Proper Equipment Use
- General Medical Terminology
- Sterilization Process