Certified Sterile Technician

• Will be performing quality checks and taking care of vendor trays

• Help the surgical team scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing  

• Set up sterile supplies, equipment, instruments, and linen for the operation 

• Prepare patient by washing, shaving, and disinfecting area of the body to undergo surgery 

• Assist the surgical nurse as needed 

• Assist in positioning patient for surgery 

• Assist the anesthesiologist during administration of anesthetic 

• Pass instruments, sponges, sutures, and needles to surgeons or their assistants 

• Hold retractors and cut sutures 

• Operate lights, sterilizers, suction machines, and diagnostic equipment, as well as handle drugs 

• Maintain specified supplies of fluids, such as plasma and blood 

• Help with application of bandages 

• Transfer patient to the recovery room 

• Prepare specimens for laboratory analysis 

• Clean operating theater following surgery 

• Wash and sterilize used equipment 

• Count sponges, needles, and instruments used during an operation