What Is A Central Service Technician?

The tasks that are carried out by people with sterile processing jobs are essential for the operation of hospitals and other medical facilities. Sterile processing technicians help ensure that all of the equipment within such facilities is clean and safe to use. Their jobs are essential to the efforts of preventing patients from getting sicker. And they help ensure that additional medical costs are not incurred due to infections that would otherwise be spread from unclean equipment. This position often requires cleaning and sterilizing medical equipment as well as assembling and testing equipment, ordering supplies, and reporting problems. MVCTC Adult Education offers a Career Program that is eligible for federal financial aid. Call 937-854-6297 to begin registration. Classes start October 10th. The tasks that are carried out by people with sterile processing jobs are essential for the operation of hospitals and other medical facilities. Sterile processing technicians help ensure that all of the equipment within such facilities is clean and safe to use. Their jobs are essential to the efforts of preventing patients from getting sicker. And they help ensure that additional medical costs are not incurred due to infections that would otherwise be spread from unclean equipment. The field offers a positive career outlook with job availability increasing by 14 percent from 2014 to 2024. Jobs offer flexible scheduling. Sterile processing departments tend to work around the clock, which means that schedules could be quite flexible—especially for a more experienced sterile processing technician. MVCTC’s Program prepares students to become a Certified Registered Central Service Technician,(CRCST Certification). Dawn Pennington, 2012 graduate, is employed at Miami Valley South. Dawn serves on the MVCTC Program Advisory Committee and is a Preceptor for students in the Program during their Clinical Externship. While not involved with direct patient care, this area offers the opportunity to provide vital support to all areas and interact with personnel from all areas of the hospital. The CRCST Certification is accredited by both the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA).

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