Any guesses on what’s in the bag? What awaits a year of hard work?

Morning !

I a certified CST , and for personal reasons , I am wanting to transition to SPD. I would like to add CRCST to my tool box, and have been looking at online courses. Are they worth it , or are they a waste of time , as they are in the CST world?

Perdue University's online program is is HSPA approved , and will qualify me for HSPA testing and certification. It is self paced , reasonably priced and available readily. I can't figure out any hands on learning that I would get from a live program that I haven't already had as a CST, and all of the hiring locations in my area will hire on a provisional , and give you 6 months to a year to meet the 400 clinical hours requirement for full cert. I don't really see a down side to doing the online program.

What are everyone's thoughts on it ?

Hey y’all! I’m an EVS worker looking to branch out into sterile processing! do you have any tips for someone like me? Right now I’m looking into schools and I also was able to get my hands on the sterile processing textbook that I see on TikTok, I’m also getting the workbook as well! Anything helps! Thank you so much!

Hey y’all! I’m taking the test next month and was wondering what helped you the most when studying. Did anyone purchase a study guide from Etsy that they would recommend? Any tips, resources, or feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I started working in sterile processing about six weeks ago and there’s this traveler there that for about the the past 4 to 5 weeks has been causing trouble, and my manager is not doing anything about it when people try and talk to her if she does not like what they say, she yells at them and if anyone is in her way, she yells move and will start hitting them with the case carts sometimes she’ll hit them with the cart before telling them to move when people bring back A said she didn’t wash correctly to Deacon for her to rewash it She shoves it back towards them and he yells what’s wrong with it when people ask her to wash more case carts, and say that we have plenty of canisters, we will run the cart washer with only one or two carts in it (it fits 4) and sometimes run it empty or she will load lots of canisters into it, and then Decon gets extremely backed up with all of the case carts that she hasn’t put in the washer when people say they need more canisters she does the opposite washing tons of case carts we have reported her to the manager and the manager always says something like oh it’s fine or don’t worry she’s just in a mood and it’s been getting worse and she’s become increasingly rude recently making inappropriate and racist comments about Hispanic custodians, insulting their intelligence and saying that they aren’t good at their job which isn’t true she also will often grab items out of peoples hands, and she will fight people over a case cart where she will try and pull it out out of their hands she only started grabbing stuff out of people’s hands over about the past week and a half

Hi everyone!

Could anyone recommend the place in NYC to sell a CRCST prep bundle?

Alternatively, if anyone here (or someone you know) is currently studying for the exam and looking for materials, I have the official HSPA Sterile Processing Technical Manual (9th Edition) + Workbook (Box Set).

I’m new and still learning so please bear with me.

When it comes to arranging instruments on a stringer, do you arrange them exactly per the count sheet or do you organize them in a protective way?

ie. If you have 6 Kelly hemostats curved, followed by 8 hemostats straight per the count sheet, is it acceptable to string the straight ones first and then the curved?

My idea/goal is to protect the curved instruments from Kocher(w/ teeth)/longer straight instruments but a coworker said that’s incorrect.

It kind of hurts when I string heavy Kochers on delicate scissors. But if that’s the way, then that’s the way. Just looking for advice from other SPD techs to understand if I’m stupid for even considering this or if I’m being heavily scrutinized. It would feel better if I had a preceptor or a trainer to ask, but it’s pretty bleak on the training side.

Thank you ahead of time for any and all criticism/learning opportunities.

I need to know what exactly to study to pass the exam. Any suggestions?