Director of Materials Management/ Central Supply/ Central Sterile Job Requirements
Career / Job Requirements
Bachelor of Science or Business Administration
3 to 5 years work experience
Reports to the Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for the procurement of supplies & equipment for all hospital departments.
Director of Materials Management/ Central Supply/Central Sterile cont.RESPONSIBILITIES
Develop and maintain purchasing system to insure the best prices to the institution.
Develop and maintain system of sterilization that insures the adequate sterilization and timely distribution of sterile instruments.
Maintain Policy & Procedure Manual
Attend Product Evaluation Meetings
Maintain appropriate inventory, maintaining reorder and changes as needed
Conducts staff training and performance evaluations
Passes JCAHO surveys with no Type 1 recommendations
Job Requirements Career / Job Responsibility’s
Reports to Director , Supervises Aide
High School Diploma or equivalent.
One year work experience
Licensure Required
Receives incoming suppliesTesting all sterilizersEnsures operational status of
decontamination roomAccurately assembles trays and
instrumentsAssist in instructing aides in
proper sterilizationKnows and adheres to proper
procedures and techniques for sterilization according to Joint Commission and AAMI standards
CENTRAL STERILE TECHNICIANSMust be able to identify instruments and accurately assemble surgical trays .
CENTRAL SUPPLY CLERKJob Requirements
Career / Job Responsibility’s
Reports to DirectorSupervises AideHigh School
DiplomaMedical and
Computer Knowledge and on the job training
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
Receives incoming supplies and handles damages and returns
Answers the phone, refers caller promptly and courteously
Handles counter request promptly
Insures that bins are labeled properly and maintains a clean warehouse
Pulls and delivers daily department stock to include counting and refilling carts and Pyxis Systems
Job Requirements Career / Job Responsibility’sReceives all incoming
supplies efficientlyAssures testing of all
sterilizers and assist with maintaining constant operational status of decontamination room
Assist with proper assembly of trays and instruments
Performs all job duties as assigned
Reports to Clerk/ Technician/ Director
High School DiplomaMedical and
Computer Knowledge and on the job training
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
Central Supply DepartmentsCentral Supply Central SterileReceives Purchase Request
from Department HeadsShops for the best price and
best quality on items requested.
Awards Purchase Order to Company that met the above criteria.
Receives items on purchase order catalogs them into inventory and releases money to pay for purchases.
Receives equipment from purchasing.
It is cleaned, tagged and placed in the clean storage area awaiting a request form.
Equipment is sent out of Central Supply to the floors after receiving a request
After patient who needed the equipment has been discharged or no long need it, the equipment is sent to the C.S. Decontamination room
Central Supply DepartmentsCentral Supply Continued Central Sterile ContinuedCentral Supply Continues
to keep records of supplies ordered , received, and supplies sent out to patients or the floors of the hospital.
Inventories are done frequently to make sure the items in the computer are on the shelves.
When items come into the decontamination room or dirty side, they are cleaned and processed and sent to the clean side for storage .
The Central Sterile “clean side” wraps instruments, surgical trays, etc.. And sterilizes them. They are then sent to the departments that uses them for storage
MEDICAL VS SURGICAL ASEPSISMEDICAL ASEPSIS SURGICAL ASEPSISMedical Asepsis also
called Clean Technique, is defined as procedures used to reduce the number of organisms present and to prevent the transfer of organisms.
Surgical Asepsis also called Sterile Technique, is defined as measures used to prevent contamination of an open wound, serves to isolate the operative area from the unsterile environment, and maintains sterile field for surgery.
MEDICAL VS SURGICAL ASEPSIS contMedical Asepsis Surgical Asepsis
WASH HANDS FREQUENTLY
KEEP CONTAMINATED ITEMS FROM TOUCHING CLOTHING
DON’T PLACE SOILED LINEN ON FLOOR
AVOID RAISING DUSTCLEAN LEAST SOILED
AREAS FIRST THEN MOVE TO MORE SOILDE AREAS
ONLY A STERILE OBJECT CAN TOUCH ANOTHER STERILE OBJECT
OPEN A STERILE PACKAGE WITH THE FIRST EDGE AWAY FROM YOU - NEVER REACH ACROSS A STERILE FIELD
AVOID SPILLING SOLUTION ON STERILE FIELD
HOLD OBJECTS ABOVE WAISTNEVER LEAVE OR TURN YOUR
BACK ON A STERILE FIELD
MEDICAL VS SURGICAL ASEPSIS cont.Equipment used in both medical and surgical
asepsis are: antibacterial soap, and water for hand washing; gloves, gowns, and mask.
The differences of the above is surgical scrub brushes are generally used to wash hands prior to surgery, also gloves gowns and mask are sterile and put on just prior to surgery using sterile technique.
MEDICAL VS SURGICAL ASEPSIS cont.Equipment used in both medical and surgical
asepsis are: antibacterial soap, and water for hand washing; and PPE which includes face shield, bonnet, gloves, gowns, and mask.
The differences of the above is surgical scrub brushes are generally used to wash hands prior to surgery, also gloves gowns and mask are sterile and put on just prior to surgery using sterile technique.
All items are received into the Central Sterile decontamination area for cleaning before being sent to the clean area. In the clean area items are stored or processed if necessary and sterilized.
Central Sterile Technician is receiving clean instruments
Central Sterile Technician is loading the Autoclave
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