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CST 121 - Cntrl Serv Tech Certif Exam Prep


Credits: 2
2 Lecture Hours

Prerequisites: Current employee in a central service or surgical service department.

 
Description
This course is designed to prepare the current Central Service Technician and surgical service employee for the certification examination sponsored by the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management (IAHCSMM). The students will be able to expand on their current knowledge of the profession as they are updated to the expanding roles and underlying principles relating to their role as a Central Service Technician. There is a focus on the methods of test taking through discussion and practice tests. This course requires a per credit health career fee; check the tuition and fee schedule for the current rate.


Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:

  1. Combine prefixes, word roots and suffixes to create medical terms related to surgery.
  2. Identify abbreviations for surgical procedures and name the specialty to which they belong.
  3. Discuss the relationship of bacteria to the decontamination and sterilization process.
  4. Differentiate among critical, semi-critical and non-critical items and identify the related disinfection or sterilization process as defined by Spaulding.
  5. Differentiate among government, state and local agencies as they relate to the central service department.
  6. Differentiate between quality control and quality assurance.
  7. Define continuous quality improvement (CQI) and give a specific example that applies to the employee’s department.
  8. Identify three quality control indicators that apply to the central service department.
  9. Identify the six types of distribution systems utilized in central service.
  10. Explain how unfair comparisons, just -like-me, stereotypes, good day/bad day effect, halo effect and pitchfork effect create barriers to effective communications.
Listed Topics
  1. Anatomy, Physiology and Related Medical Terminology
  2. Equipment Management
  3. Purchasing and Distribution
  4. Communication
  5. Current trends in Central Service
  6. Certification Review
Reference Materials
Selected textbooks and references will be used.
 
Approved By: Bullock, Quintin Date Approved: 05/11/2015


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