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Responsible for the proper care and handling of all general and specialty instruments including the cleaning, decontamination, instrument identification, assembly, packaging and distribution, and sterilization of surgical instrumentation.
Job Responsibility:
Decontaminates, assembles and packages all instruments following established protocols as well as perform necessary repairs, reassembles and stores specialized surgical instruments
Prepares all order requests as necessary for replacement parts for instruments and additional equipment as necessary or upon request of physicians
Maintains a clean and safe environment by adhering to Standard Precautions and Infection Control practices
Identifies instruments for all specialties and assures proper function
Operates steam autoclaves, ETO and Gas Plasma sterilizers
Maintains appropriate logs and records relating to the sterilization process
Responds to problem calls from the Operating Room and performs preliminary investigation
Determines priority level of instrumentation and equipment requests and other hospital needs
Requirements:
High school diploma or GED
BLS certification required
Requires current national certification as a SPD Technician, Certified Registered Central Service Technician or Surgical Instrument Processor
relevant experience with sterilizing instruments which qualifies the candidate for the national certification exam or certified registration
Must have mechanical aptitude with the ability to break down moving parts, clean, lubricate and reassemble
problem solve incomplete trays and missing instrumentation
effective organizational, communication and human relation skills
Nice to have:
Additional related education and/or experience preferred