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Central Sterile Processing Technology
Central Sterile Processing Technology plays a critical role in preventing infection by sterilizing, cleaning, processing, assembling, storing, and distributing medical supplies. This program will get students ready for a critical role in the healthcare system as a central sterile processing technician.
Program Overview
This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Health Science career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of Health Science career cluster.
The content includes but is not limited to central services departmental organization and function; basic anatomy, physiology, microbiology and chemistry related to central service activities; quality assurance; infection control and isolation techniques, principles of safety; principles, methods and controls of sterilization processes; cleaning, processing, packaging, distributing, storing, and inventory control of sterile goods, instruments, trays, and equipment; medical terminology; surgical instrumentation; basic computer skills, interpersonal and job seeking skills, fundamentals of communication, case cart management, laparoscopic specialty, orthopedic specialty, flexible scope processing , shift supervisory skills and procurement of supplies and equipment.
Employment Opportunities
This program is designed to prepare students for employment as supervisors, central supply, central supply workers, ambulatory surgery processors, surgical instrument processors, gastrointestinal (GI) flexible endoscope reprocessors, case cart technicians, inventory technicians, processing technicians, stock clerks: stock room or warehouse, sterilizers, central service technicians.
What You'll Learn
- Demonstrate knowledge of the healthcare delivery system and health occupations.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate and use interpersonal skills effectively.
- Demonstrate legal and ethical responsibilities.
- Demonstrate an understanding of and apply wellness and disease concepts.
- Recognize and practice safety and security procedures.
- Recognize and respond to emergency situations.
- Recognize and practice infection control procedures.
- Demonstrate an understanding of information technology applications in healthcare.
- Demonstrate knowledge of blood borne diseases, including HIV/AIDS.
- Describe supply distribution systems and the principles of inventory control.
- Demonstrate the ability to recall and dispose of or reprocess sterile supplies.
- Identify fundamentals of the supply chain.
- Demonstrate the roles and responsibilities of the central supply worker.
- Recognize basic principles of microbiology.
- Interpret and apply medical terminology and anatomical terms as they relate to equipment and supplies issued by central service personnel.
- Describe how central service is involved in controlling infections in hospitals.
- Explain the purpose of Occupational Safety and Health Act.
- Receive, decontaminate, clean, prepare, disinfect and sterilize reusable items.
- Demonstrate the use of sterilization process monitors, including temperature and frequency of appropriate chemical indicators and bacterial spore tests for all sterilizers.
- Demonstrate the ability to identify and select appropriate instrumentation or equipment that meets the needs of the surgical specialty.
2024 – 2025 Central Sterile Processing Technology Program Dates
SPRING 2025
Program Dates: 01/08/25-06/23/25 EAST Campus (Monday-Thursday 8am-4pm)
Application Deadline: 12/16/2024
Program Requirements
Central Sterile Processing Technology · H170222/CIP 0351390205 · 650 Hours
| OCP | Course Number | Course Title | Course Length | SOC Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | HSC0003 | Basic Healthcare Worker | 90 | 31-9099 |
| B | STS0019 | Central Sterile Service Materials Management | 150 | 31-9093 |
| C | STS0013 | Central Sterile Processing Technician | 410 | 31-9093 |
Program Costs
| $1,898.00 | Tuition |
| $234.15 | Bookstore (includes 1 set of scrubs) |
| $45.00 | Registration Fee |
| $50.00 | Facility Fee |
| $130.00 | Lab Fee |
| $72.00 | Miscellaneous Fees |
| Total Costs $2,429.15 | |