NCHCPCS102 — Global Sterilization
COST: $1000.00. Textbook is required and available in the college bookstore. Prerequisites: H.S Diploma or equivalent. This 36-hour program teaches students to become Sterile Processing Technicians. Students learn the trade of maintaining cleanliness, functionality, and inventory of health care instruments and equipment. You will also learn the responsibility of sterilizing instrumentation and equipment through a series of critical and important steps. Through learning of these steps, you will gain the understanding of how their organization ensures that patients avoid infections, and that doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals are able to access the equipment they need immediately. Students will understand microbiology and infection control, as it pertains to decontamination procedures, implement infection control practices to ensure patients avoid infection, provide instrumentation and equipment chess to doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals as required. The program will prepare the students to work in hospitals, surgery centers, and third-party affiliates. You will be eligible to sit for the IAHCSMM national exam.