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Sterile Processing Technician

The Sterile Processing Technician program prepares high school students for careers in hospitals, clinics and surgical centers.

Students learn how to clean, disinfect, decontaminate, inspect, assemble, package, sterilize, store and distribute surgical instruments, medical supplies and patient care equipment.

Training includes classroom instruction, hands-on practice and clinical experience, helping students build the technical skills needed to support patient safety, infection prevention and surgical care.

Sterile Processing includes instruction in:

  • Decontamination, inspection and sterilization of surgical instruments
  • Cleaning and preparation of medical equipment and surgical supplies
  • Packaging, wrapping and assembling instruments for surgical trays
  • Sterilization methods, sterile storage and infection prevention
  • Patient care equipment, linen folding and supply distribution
  • Clinical experience in a healthcare setting
 
Sterile Processing Technician student examines a sanitized instrument in the lab at the East Valley Institute of Technology, EVIT, in Mesa, Arizona.

Need help paying program fees?
Apply for a scholarship from the EVIT Foundation

 

 
Program Details

Sterile Processing Technician

Location:
Main Campus

Monday - Friday

8:00 - 10:35 am
or
12:00 - 2:35 pm
 

See Calendar for EVIT school dates

 

 
LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS & CREDITS
Sterile Processing Technician

Career Pathways

Central Processing Technician (CPT)
Central Service Technician (CST)
Central Sterile Supply Technician (CSS Technician)
Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST)
Instrument Technician
Sterile Preparation Technician
Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (SPD Technician)
Sterile Processing Technician
Sterile Technician
Sterilization Technician