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Altoona Center for Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Sterilization Technician
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What they do
A Sterile Processing Technician sterilizes, cleans, and prepares medical equipment for use. May also help install and repair large equipment. Works in a hospital or other healthcare facility.
$46,065 / year median in Pennsylvania
+12% projected growth
Job Description
Treatment Room Management and Sterilization
- Keep operatories ready, stocked, and clean
- Oversee cleanliness of the treatment room according to sterilization procedures
- Disinfect treatment rooms according to OSHA regulations
- Sterilize all instruments and handpieces according to OSHA regulations
- Keep trays, instruments and treatment room drawers organized
- Ensure that office sterilization procedures document is on display
- Monitor and maintain sterilization equipment
- Promptly send out and monitor all dental laboratory cases
- Implement the preventative maintenance/cleaning schedule for surgical equipment
- Monitor and maintain oral surgery office emergency kit, nitrous, and oxygen tanks
- Follow laboratory procedures according to office protocol
Personal and Physical Demands:
- Excellent communications skills
- Good interpersonal skills to maintain effective rapport with patients, dentists, referrals, other staff members and community
- Team player
- Can-do personality
- Typing ability
- Legible handwriting