Entourage Consulting supports the US government. We provide comprehensive civilian staffing solutions to contract and procurement offices of US Government installations around the world. With our Headquarters in Sparks, NV and our APAC office in Tokyo, Japan we effectively help the U.S. government with contract staff augmentation and locum services of civilian professionals.  Entourage is a veteran owned fully licensed total service Provider with more 40 years’ experience working with the US military and government. 

Sterile Processing Technician Knowledge of all equipment (to include reprocessing scopes and mediators) that provides decontamination and sterilization of Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) working in an operating room, nursing care unit or in a hospital central supply area distribution for supplies from the Sterile Process Service. The provided care shall cover the ranges of inpatient/outpatient services normally provided in a similar health facility and outpatient clinic in accordance with the specifications and requirements contained herein.

SPECIFIC TASKS:

• Decontamination, sterilization, and packaging of reusable medical supplies, instruments, equipment and apparatus.  Equipment includes but is not limited to infusion pumps, vital sign check machines, heat therapy pumps, mobile suction pumps, and patient controlled analgesia pumps, defibrillators, enteral feeding pumps, isolation carts, intubation kits, and crash carts.  Instruments include those with complex components that are delicate in nature and used during invasive diagnostic procedures.  Instruments include a variety of endoscopes (cystoscopies, bronchoscopes, intubation scopes, and endoscopes used in the gastrointestinal tract and colon) and probes (TEE probes, ultrasound probes, etc.) that are process by various manufacturers’ guidelines and have individualized decontamination and sterilization requirements.
• Collecting, receipt, inspection and decontamination processing of soiled supplies, instruments, equipment, and apparatus to include complex diagnostic equipment and medical apparatus.
• Provide removal of bio-burden prior to sterilization of proper cleaning and/or disinfection.  For endoscopes, performs leak tests to determine the water tight integrity of the scope is intact before initiating the cleaning and high level disinfection process or terminal sterilization of scope(s)
• Inspection of assembly packaging, and terminal sterilization of all trays, sets, and packs for use throughout the medical center.  Adheres to Quality Management Program to ensure appropriate and safe reprocessing is performed for all RME (such as using laparoscopic insulscan tester, bio-burden checks, and instrument integrity)
• Determines the criticality category of RME using the Spaulding Classification System and interprets sterilization parameters provided by manufacturer guidelines to determine the proper method of sterilization
• Operates sterilization equipment and other equipment that pertains to sterilization processes such as Medivator Advantage Plus, Steam Sterilizers, Sterrad 100S, Sterrad NX, and ETO sterilizers, heat sealers, and incubators
• Interprets mechanical printouts on the front of the sterilization equipment to validate that sterilization of RME is within acceptable parameters
• Maintain records for all sterilization procedures that are processed including interpretation of all biological monitoring, validation of monitoring results, and quality assurance checks to ensure sterilization parameters are met

• Ensure parameters have been met and documents the results in the sterilization log, parameters haven’t been met, articulates how to troubleshoot the sterilization load and can determine the possible cause of the parameters not being met, reports the findings to the sterile processing supervisor and/or designee
• Perform high level disinfection using Cidex OPA
• Assemble surgical case carts according to physician preference and computer generated picking lists for use in operating rooms.  Interprets and assesses instrumentation and supply needs for individual cases
• Monitoring biological and chemical indicators and integrators, Bowie dick tests, time/temperature graphs (if applicable), and ensuring appropriate RMS checks are documented after sterilization or reprocessing.  Other quality assurance activities include verification of accurate labeling, contents, cleanliness, and working order, and sterilization parameters

Education and Licenses:

Ÿ  Graduate of an accredited Sterile Processing Technician program

Ÿ  Current American Heart Association basic CPR certification

 Experience:

Ÿ  Follows established guidelines but also uses own judgment for examples in selecting pre-sterilization cleaning methods and sterilization mediums, placement of instruments in trays and substation of unavailable items.

Ÿ  No less than one year experience sterile processing 

Qualifications

Ÿ  Negative TB test – If TB Test is positive then a chest x-ray and/or TB Screening Form Appendix B is to be provided

Ÿ  Physical exam within 12 months verifying freedom from communicable disease

Ÿ  Lift, push, and pull items up to 50lbs