Medical Equipment Preparers
Also called: Sterile Processing Technician, Central Sterile Supply Technician (CSS Technician), Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST), Central Service Technician (CST)
What they do:
Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.
On the job, you would:
- Clean instruments to prepare them for sterilization.
- Operate and maintain steam autoclaves, keeping records of loads completed, items in loads, and maintenance procedures performed.
- Organize and assemble routine or specialty surgical instrument trays or other sterilized supplies, filling special requests as needed.
Business
Arts and Humanities
Education and Training
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
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Basic Skills
Problem Solving
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Hand and Finger Use
Verbal
Ideas and Logic
Visual Understanding
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People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
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You might use software like this on the job: Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
Word processing software
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