How do they match: Medical Equipment Preparers

  • Supply Technician
  • Central Supply Processing Department Technician
  • Central Sterile Supply Technician
  • Medical Supply Technician
  • Sterile Processing Manager

  • Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.

  • Operate and maintain steam autoclaves, keeping records of loads completed, items in loads, and maintenance procedures performed.
  • Check sterile supplies to ensure that they are not outdated.
  • Maintain records of inventory or equipment usage and order medical instruments or supplies when inventory is low.
  • Organize and assemble routine or specialty surgical instrument trays or other sterilized supplies, filling special requests as needed.
  • Start equipment and observe gauges and equipment operation to detect malfunctions and to ensure equipment is operating to prescribed standards.
  • Stock crash carts or other medical supplies.

  • Operate medical equipment.
  • Inventory medical supplies or equipment.
  • Stock medical or patient care supplies.