Anthony Woods
St. Petersburg,FL
Summary
Proven expertise in sterilization techniques and emergency preparedness, honed at St. Anthony Regional Hospital. Demonstrates exceptional teamwork and ethics, ensuring high levels of sterility assurance and customer satisfaction. Achieved a significant improvement in equipment processing efficiency, showcasing a commitment to excellence and a proactive approach to maintaining aseptic environments.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Sterile Processing Technician
St. Anthony Regional Hospital
St. Petersburg, FL
08.2023 - Current
- Operated steam sterilizers, washer-disinfectors, ultrasonic cleaners, dry heat ovens, and other related equipment.
- Installed and set up medical equipment with necessary hand tools.
- Purged waste from equipment by connecting equipment to water sources and flushing water through systems.
- Checked sterile supplies to detect outdated materials.
- Readied instruments for sterilization procedures and completed decontamination protocols.
- Packaged instruments into peel pouches and properly labeled pouches.
- Performed decontamination of medical instruments and equipment to prepare for sterilization.
- Organized and assembled routine or specialty surgical instrument trays or other sterilized supplies, filling special requests as needed.
- Assembled and wrapped trays of instruments for operating rooms and clinics.
- Rotated stock to maintain uninterrupted supply support for assigned areas.
- Set proper temperature, pressure and parameters for steam machines to prepare for instrument cleaning.
- Transported sterile goods from the clean room into the operating room per procedure requirements.
- Assisted in ordering supplies necessary for effective operation of the sterile processing department.
- Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Worked effectively in team environments to make the workplace more productive.
- Operated a variety of machinery and tools safely and efficiently.
- Provided support and guidance to colleagues to maintain a collaborative work environment.
Education
GED -
Pinellas Technical College
St. Petersburg, FL05-2023
Skills
- Cross-training
- Microbiology principles
- Ethics and professionalism
- Emergency preparedness
- Waste disposal
- Surgical instrumentation
- Biological monitoring
- Tool identification
- Instrument decontamination
- Workload prioritization
- Hazardous materials
- Sterile storage
- Visual inspection
- Chemical handling
- Procedure development
- Instrument tracking systems
- Sterilization techniques
- Assembly and packaging
- Patient confidentiality
- Tray preparation
- Case cart assembly
- Computerized tracking
- Sterilization procedures
- Decontamination and sanitation
- Aseptic environment maintenance
- Assembling packages
- Infection control
- Processing instruments
- Managing materials
- Sterility assurance testing
- Operating room support
- Equipment testing
- Communicable disease knowledge
- Recording biologicals
- Diagnostic testing
- Manual cleaning
- Instrument storage
- Quality assurance
- Supply replenishment
- Equipment monitoring
- Risk management
- High-level disinfection
- Workflow optimization
- Instrumentation knowledge
- Decontamination procedures
Certification
- CRCST Certification
- Basic life support certification
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Certified Sterile Processing Technician
St. Anthony Regional Hospital
08.2023 - Current
- CRCST Certification
- Basic life support certification
GED -
Pinellas Technical College
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