Certified Registered Central Service Technician

• The responsibility of a sterile processing technician involves keeping the medical facility as sterile as possible by sterilizing equipment, instruments and other needed devices.

• Manually cleaning of medical instruments, equipment and surgical trays

• Performs sterilizations on the above said items

• Examines equipment and instruments as well as reports any problems

• Testing and monitoring of autoclaves

• Assembling all necessary equipment such as surgical trays

• Keeping inventory and ordering all needed sterile supplies

• Packing and storing of sterile supplies

• Setting up surgical wear (e.g. gowns, sheets, gloves, masks) for use

• 2+ years knowledge of sterile techniques, instrument identification, surgical procedures and equipment

• CRCST or equivalent certificate program