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Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.
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Central Sterile Supply Coordinator
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Central Supply Processing Department Technician
Certified Central Supply Technician
Certified Registered Central Service Technician
Clinical Laboratory Aide
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Equipment Technician
Health Equipment Servicer
Hot Packer
Inhalation Therapy Aide
Instrument Technician
Laboratory Equipment Cleaner
Laboratory Worker, Washing or Cleaning Laboratory Apparatus
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Oxygen Equipment Aide
Oxygen Equipment Preparer
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Registered Nurse
Renal Dialysis Technician
Respiratory Therapy Aide
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Sterile Technician
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Aerators
Automatic dryers
Bar code scanners
Bowie Dick test packs
Calendar software
Chemical sterilization indicators
Cleaning or sterilizing scrubbing brushes
Computerized scope washers
Database software
Desktop computers
Email software
Equipment bar code readers
Ethylene oxide gas sterilizers
Gas sterilizers
Heat-sealer machines
Hot air sterilizers
Inventory tracking software
Kronos Workforce Timekeeper
Laboratory glass flasks
McKesson ANSOS One-Staff
Medical examination protective gloves
MEDITECH software
MEDITECH Supply Chain Management
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft Word
Ozone sterilizers
Padded gloves
Paracetic acid sterilizers
Plasma gas sterilizers
Pressure regulation monitors
Pressure steam autoclaves
Prevacuum sterilizers
Protective caps
Protective ear plugs
Protective gowns
Protective masks
Protective medical aprons
Pyxis MedStation software
Sharepoint Portal Server
Spore strips
Spreadsheet software
Steam gravity sterilizers
Steam high vacuum sterilizers
Sterilizers
Temperature monitors
Temperature tracing and recording thermometers
Ultrasonic cleaners
Washer sterilizers
Word processing software
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Sterile supply technicians prepare, sterilize, install, and clean laboratory and health care equipment, and they perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.
These technicians work in hospitals, surgical centers, dental offices, outpatient clinics, and treatment centers to clean and prepare medical instruments and equipment. They also assist in infection control and ensure that care providers have ample access to clean, functional, and sterile equipment. Exposure to disease agents and hazardous materials is possible.
Surgical technologists (also referred to as “Operating Room Specialists,” but will be referenced as Surgical Technologist in this document and aligning materials) work as members of a healthcare team alongside physicians and surgeons, registered nurses, and other healthcare workers.
Before an operation, surgical technologists prepare the operating room by setting up surgical instruments and equipment. They also prepare patients for surgery by washing and disinfecting incision sites, positioning the patients on the operating table, covering them with sterile drapes, and taking them to and from the operating room. Surgical technologists prepare sterile solutions and medications used in surgery and check that all surgical equipment is working properly. They help the surgical team put on sterile gowns and gloves.
During an operation, surgical technologists pass instruments and supplies to surgeons and first assistants. They also hold retractors, hold internal organs in place during the procedure, or set up robotic surgical equipment. Technologists also may handle specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
Once the operation is complete, surgical technologists may apply bandages and other dressings to the incision site. They may also help transfer patients to recovery rooms and restock operating rooms after a procedure.
Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
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