sterile services technician
Sterile services technicians ensure decontamination of medical devices in compliance with strict hygienic procedures. They dismantle and re-assemble sophisticated medical equipment through sterilising, cleaning, and repackaging it for further usage, under supervision, following the orders of the doctor of medicine or other qualified medical personnel.
Also called: disinfection assistant
- 21
- essential skills
- 9
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 5329
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
21- adhere to organisational guidelines
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- follow clinical guidelines
- follow written instructions
- hygiene in a health care setting
- infection control
- maintain personal hygiene standards
- manage infection control in the facility
- microbiology-bacteriology
- microscopic techniques
- operate microscope
- participate in medical inventory control
- professional documentation in health care
- repackage medical equipment after sterilisation
- sterilise medical equipment
- sterilization techniques
- surgical asepsis
- use technical equipment for sterilisation
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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