Performance Requirements: Central Sterile Processing
- Program: Central Sterile Processing
- Pathway: Health Science
You must meet the following performance requirements to ensure patient safety and welfare during your time in our program and throughout your career.
Physical Requirements
- Visual acuity (with corrective lenses if needed) to:
- Identify cyanosis
- Observe absence of respiratory movement in patients
- See adverse skin reactions to treatments
- Read very fine print on monitors and equipment
- Evaluate images for diagnostic quality
- Hearing ability (with auditory aids if needed) to:
- Understand the normal speaking voice without viewing the speaker’s face
- Hear monitor alarms, emergency signals, call bells from patients, equipment timers and alarms
- Manual dexterity to:
- Use sterile techniques
- Manipulate and assemble equipment for use
- Physical ability to:
- Stand for prolonged periods of time
- Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Lift objects of 35 pounds or more
- Push pieces of equipment from room to room
- Maneuver in limited spaces
Special Precaution
You must not be restricted from working industrial grade cleaning solutions.
Communication Requirements
- Communicate effectively in verbal and written form by:
- Speaking clearly and succinctly when interacting with nurses, surgeons, team leaders, etc.
- Using electronic means (computers) to talk with others
- Function safely under stressful conditions with the ability to:
- Adapt to the ever-changing environment inherent in clinical situations involving the sterilization of equipment
- Computer skills to:
- Use a variety of software programs and the internet for research and course projects, including PowerPoint for presentations
Contact
Trinity River Campus
Health Care Professions
Advising Resource Hub
Kimberlyn Moore-Debrossard
Career Advisor
Call 817-515-1484
Email TR.HealthCareAdvising@tccd.edu
Advising by Appointment
Fall & Spring Hours
Monday–Friday: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Summer Hours
Monday–Thursday: 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
Updated January 29, 2024