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Instrument Processing Technician

Regions Hospital
Saint Paul, MN, United States
Full-time

The Instrument Processing Technician works under the direction of the Sterile Processing Manager and is responsible for the proper handling, cleaning, disinfecting, assembly, and sterilization of instrumentation and patient-related equipment to render items safe for handling and use.

Sterilization :

  • Loads, unloads and safely operates all sterilizers according to policies and procedures
  • Completes all monitoring paperwork, sterilization records and records of instrument sets within required timeline
  • Maintains sterility of equipment and supplies
  • Transports, handles and stores sterile instruments and supplies per appropriate standards

Decontamination :

  • Treats all instruments and equipment in the decontamination areas appropriately
  • Follows proper cleaning procedures for items being cleaned
  • Organizes and sorts instrument sets and equipment for proper cleaning, decontamination and ensures appropriate method of cleaning is used
  • Performs presoaking, loading of instruments in the ultrasonic / medivator, and washer / disinfector, and performs manual cleaning / washing
  • Prioritizes work according to direction and Operating Room demand, monitoring flow and timing

Instrumentation :

  • Inspects and reassembles clean instrumentation and equipment according to standard operating procedures
  • Sorts instruments according to type
  • Assembles instruments according to appropriate recipe
  • Prepares instrument sets and appropriately places in either rigid containers or prepares for wrapping with proper identification, entering into queue for sterilization
  • Maintains appropriate levels of sterile instrument sets and individual instrumentation relative to Operating Room scheduling

Required Qualifications :

High school diploma / equivalent

One of the following qualifications :

  • Completion of an associate degree program or higher;
  • Prior experience as a central service technician in a sterile processing department;
  • Enrollment in an associate degree program or higher with completion of clinical internship in sterile processing

Successful completion of sterilization, decontamination, and instrumentation competencies required within 6 months of hire

30+ days ago
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