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Medical Equipment Preparers

$41.48K Median Salary 7.9K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 8.3% Job Growth

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About This Career

Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.

Reported Job Titles

Central Processing Technician (CPT), Central Service Technician (CST), Central Sterile Supply Technician (CSS Technician), Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST), Instrument Technician, Sterile Preparation Technician, Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (SPD Tech), Sterile Processing Technician (Sterile Processing Tech), Sterile Technician, Sterilization Technician

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Near Vision

Problem Sensitivity

Oral Comprehension

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Deductive Reasoning

Finger Dexterity

Information Ordering

Manual Dexterity

Oral Expression

Perceptual Speed

Speech Recognition

Written Expression

Category Flexibility

Trunk Strength

Written Comprehension

Control Precision

Flexibility of Closure

Inductive Reasoning

Multilimb Coordination

Static Strength

Visualization

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service

English Language

Biology

Production and Processing

Public Safety and Security

Skills

Critical Thinking

Monitoring

Quality Control Analysis

Active Listening

Operations Monitoring

Reading Comprehension

Speaking

Troubleshooting

Active Learning

Coordination

Judgment and Decision Making

Time Management

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software

Presentation software

Medical software

Electronic mail software

Data base user interface and query software

Calendar and scheduling software

Inventory management software

Office suite software

Cloud-based data access and sharing software

Word processing software

Time accounting software

Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software

Tools

Chemical or gas sterilizers

Steam autoclaves or sterilizers

Bar code reader equipment

Sterilization test packs

Automated endoscope reprocessor systems AERs

Medical staff aprons or bibs

Heat tracing equipment

Dry heat or hot air sterilizers

Medical staff isolation or cover gowns

Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves

Sterilization biological kits

Surgical isolation or surgical masks

Pressure regulator

Protective gloves

Laboratory flasks

Temperature regulators

Ear plugs

Sterilization heat sealers

Sterilization indicator strips

Heating or drying equipment or accessories

Ultrasonic cleaning equipment

Surgical instrument brushes or instrument stylets or instrument wipes

Surgical surgeon caps or hoods

Desktop computers

Abilities

Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Finger Dexterity: The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Perceptual Speed: The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Multilimb Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Skills

Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Medical software: Henry Schein Dentrix; Medical condition coding software; Medical procedure coding software; MEDITECH software
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Calendar and scheduling software: Appointment scheduling software
Inventory management software: Assisi Software Assisi Inventory
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software: Dropbox; Google Drive; Microsoft SharePoint
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Time accounting software: Timekeeping software
Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software: Production scheduling software

Tools

Chemical or gas sterilizers: Ultraviolet ozone cleaners
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers: Steam sterilizers
Bar code reader equipment: Bar code readers
Sterilization test packs: Bowie Dick test packs
Automated endoscope reprocessor systems AERs: Computerized scope washers
Medical staff aprons or bibs: Protective medical aprons
Heat tracing equipment: Infrared thermometers
Dry heat or hot air sterilizers: Sterilizing ovens
Medical staff isolation or cover gowns: Protective gowns
Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves: Protective medical gloves
Sterilization biological kits: Spore strips
Surgical isolation or surgical masks: Surgical masks
Pressure regulator: Air pressure regulators; Water pressure regulators
Protective gloves: Safety gloves
Laboratory flasks: Volumetric flasks
Temperature regulators: Machine thermometers
Ear plugs: Protective ear plugs
Sterilization heat sealers: Heat-sealer machines
Sterilization indicator strips: Chemical sterilization indicators
Heating or drying equipment or accessories: Dessicators
Ultrasonic cleaning equipment: Ultrasonic cleaners
Surgical instrument brushes or instrument stylets or instrument wipes: Cleaning or sterilizing scrubbing brushes
Surgical surgeon caps or hoods: Protective caps
Desktop computers: