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Sterilization Technician job description
A ready advert for a Sterilization Technician job in Libya, in Arabic and English. Post it on jobs.ly and edit it to fit your organization.
About the job
We are looking for a sterilization technician to clean, disinfect, pack and sterilize reusable medical instruments and supply them sterile and ready to theatres and wards on time.
Duties and responsibilities
- Receive used instruments from theatres and wards and sort them in the decontamination area
- Clean instruments by hand and with washer-disinfectors and ultrasonic cleaners
- Inspect instruments after cleaning, check they are clean and working and take damaged ones out of use
- Assemble and wrap surgical sets and label them for tracking
- Run steam and low-temperature sterilizers and monitor their cycles
- Carry out chemical and biological indicator tests and Bowie-Dick tests and record the results
- Store sterile items, issue them to departments and track their expiry dates
- Wear personal protective equipment and handle contaminated sharps safely
Working conditions
- Shift work
- Long periods standing and work near hot equipment
Requirements
- Secondary school certificate or an intermediate diploma in a health field, with training in central sterile services
- 3 to 6 years of experience in hospital central sterile services
The years of experience follow the level you choose when posting.
Skills
- Central sterile services
- Steam sterilizers
- Surgical instrument cleaning
- Surgical set assembly
- Sterilization testing
- Personal protective equipment
- Accuracy and attention to detail
Preferred
- A sterile processing certificate from a recognized body
- Knowledge of surgical instrument names and uses
- Experience with instrument tracking systems
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