Montgomery County Community College, in collaboration with Pottstown Hospital, is starting a new Sterile Processing Technician program to prepare students for in-demand roles within the healthcare ...

Survey readiness in sterile processing is no longer an annual scramble—experts explain why daily habits, culture, and ...

Guidance Comes In Light of Today Show’s “Dirty” Instruments Report BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- To help ensure they are properly cleaning and sterilizing surgical and endoscopic equipment, ...

While surgeons, operating room nurses and anesthesiologists have more visibility in providing safe and high-quality surgical care, central sterile processing staff also plays a critical role in ...

The Greater Omaha Chapter of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology provides a free, downloadable sterile processing checklist. The four-page sterilization standards ...

There is a need for some medical professionals in our area, and a community college is stepping in to try to fill the gap. Many hospitals in our area are looking for sterile processing technicians.

Central sterile processing is essential for a safe and efficient operating room. Mistakes in sterilization can cause delays in surgery and patient infections, among other issues. Alecia Cooper, RN, BS ...

While they don’t always receive praise for their work, central sterile technicians in the sterile processing department are integral to patient care. “The sterile processing department and central ...

Trocaire College and the Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology will team up to offer free training in phlebotomy and sterile processing and distribution to Buffalo-area residents.

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Medical Center cleans and prepares more than 5 million surgical instruments a year. It happens in the hospital’s sterile processing labs — a painstaking process that requires a ...