Sterile Processing Technician

Sterile Processing Technician

Requirements

• Ability to function in fast paced stressful environment
• Knowledge of sterilization principles and applications
• Familiarity with medical terminology

Responsibilities

• Receives soiled and contaminated items in decontamination area
• Sorts equipment, rinses as needed, places equipment through sonic tanks and washers, reassembles trays, performs safety checks, hangs and sorts instruments, wraps sets according to set policy, and wraps towels and basins appropriately
• Sterilizes instruments and equipment using the aerator, gas sterilizer or steam sterilizer and operates glass dryer
• Packages items in steri/peel as required
• Performs quality assurance testing for all methods of sterilization to ensure sterility of supplies
• Hand cleans miscellaneous instruments (Baxter pump, hypothermo units, etc.) and operates the cart cleaner
• Ensures proper care and handling of high cost instrumentation and equipment to include items requiring special handling, laser instrumentation, orthopedic implants, cardiac assist devices, endoscopic and microscopic instrumentation
• May build case carts according to procedure and physician preference as specified
• File case cart sheets and requisitions, responds to Code 4s with defibrillator and back up supplies, maintains CPR annies, tests autoclaves with the tests according to procedure, and changes graphs as necessary
• Checks incoming trays and follows up with departments as to missing instruments or parts
• Takes immediate and appropriate action if a question of sterilizer failure occurs
• Receives and records orders for supplies as requested by departments
• Records accurate product number and assures all forms are correctly completed for proper billing
• Marks, dates and stocks equipment, which may include returning to appropriate department on a timely basis
• Opens and unpacks supply boxes, checking for damaged goods and number of items received
• Reports any discrepancies to the supervisor
• Performs credits for unused products returned, checks stock levels, copies supply sheets, checks carts for outdated supplies, and performs general cleaning of shelves
• May performs various patient positioning and transporting duties, which require lifting and pushing/pulling, while utilizing proper technique

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.