- Type Certification
- Level Intermediate
- Time Hours
- Cost Paid
AHE- Certified Surgical Cleaning Technician (CSCT)
Issued by
American Hospital Association
Individuals who have attained the Certified Surgical Cleaning Technician (CSCT) certificate have trained and passed a proficiency exam focused on the tasks and accountabilities of surgical cleaning technicians responsible for cleaning & disinfecting operating rooms in surgical and procedure settings. Accountabilities include areas of proper sterilization & disinfection techniques, standardized operating room procedures & protocols for the prevention of transmission of pathogens.
- Type Certification
- Level Intermediate
- Time Hours
- Cost Paid
Skills
- Critical Decision Making Skills and Training
- Disinfection and Sterilization Protocols
- Environmental Infection Control
- Hand Hygiene Compliance
- Impact Patient Outcomes
- Infection Prevention and Control Procedures
- Pathogen Transmission Prevention
- Problem Assessment
- Procedures and Protocols Associated with Operating Rooms
- Proper PPE Donning and Doffing
- Surgical-Suite Infection Prevention