CST 105 - Surgical Instrumentation/Packaging in Central Service Technology

Credits: 4

The central service technician will manage a variety of surgical instruments within the department. This course will concentrate on the decontamination of surgical equipment/medical devices, cleaning, sterilizing, packaging and storing of basic and complex surgical instruments/medical devices. The concepts will cover pre/intra/postoperative patient equipment/medical devices. Regulations and standards will be discussed for the successful function of a central service department.

Theory: 4
Prerequisites: CST 101
Corequisites: CST 103, CST 104 and CST 107 Minimum Grade of a “C” required to progress to certification.