This course will introduce the student to the more complex processes, quality assurance, and inventory management within the Central Service department. Students will learn inventory management concepts to include monitoring and record keeping, quality assurance, managing inventory, ancillary department support, role of information technology, and personal/professional development. Students will learn ways that Central Service departments track instruments, equipment, and supplies, how to ensure that instrumentation and supplies quality meets the safety and sterility standards, what the student’s role will be in supporting ancillary departments in the health care setting, how information technology is integrated into the Central Sterile Department, and personal/professional development that is specific to the sterile processing environment.
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