Dec 10, 2024  
College Catalog 2024-2025 
    
College Catalog 2024-2025

Central Service Technician Certificate


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SPTCTC20

Certificate of Completion: 30 credits

Enrollment Point: Summer or Winter Quarter

This program is designed to provide the training and the clinical experience required to prepare you for the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST). It can also be your first step toward a career in the healthcare field. Students gain knowledge of National and International standards for decontamination and sterilization. Students study the principles of microbiology with emphasis on decontamination, disinfection and sterilization, with an overview of medical terminology, fundamentals of human anatomy, proper care and handling of surgical instrumentation, basic surgical instrument identification, inventory control, distribution, purchasing, and healthcare trends. An internship at a local hospital is included in the program.

Program Learning Outcomes: 

These outcomes are designed to prepare students to function as crucial members of the surgical team and demonstrate knowledge of safe practice, ethical, moral, and legal standards, cleaning, disinfecting, and decontaminating, competency, scope of practice, communication, cognitive, psychomotor, affective, and fundamental knowledge 

Program Requirements


GPA Requirements


  • Minimum cumulative GPA: 2.0
  • Minimum grade for each course: 2.0

*Note: Clinical & Field-Based Experience courses require a Satisfactory (S) grade.

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