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There's an easier way to learn to be a sterile processing technician

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301 Flash Cards
Visual Guide, 63 pages
104 Exam Terms
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How this packet is made

  • One topic per page
  • With illustrations, not text
  • Follows the HSPA CRCST outline
  • On your phone or print

Follows the CRCST outline.

What this packet includes

  • 63Pages
  • 7Chapters
  • 301Flash Cards
  • 104Exam Terms

Here's what the pages look like

63 guide pages, plus cards and terms
Spaulding: how clean must it be?
Detergents and pH
Water for the final rinse
Which enzyme breaks down which soil
Levels of disinfection
Scissors you must know
Forceps and graspers
Rigid container parts
Steam exposure times
The four phases of a steam cycle
Which spore tests which method
Event related sterility

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Questions?

Is it one payment or a subscription?
  • One payment of $24.99
  • No subscription
Does it cover the hands on hours?
  • It shows the steps you will be asked about, like decontamination, packaging and loading a sterilizer
  • Your hands on hours are done and signed off in your own department
Is it a video course?
  • No videos at all
  • Illustrated pages, cards and terms
  • Go at your own pace
Which exam is it for?
  • The CRCST, the Certified Registered Central Service Technician exam
  • It follows the topics a sterile processing technician works with every day
Is it an official exam guide?
  • No, we're an independent study aid
  • We're not affiliated with HSPA, any publisher or any hospital
  • It covers decontamination, packaging, sterilization and storage
How do I get it?
  • Instant access right after you pay
  • Also emailed to you
  • High resolution PDFs you keep and can print
Can I print it?
  • Yes, print any page for your own studying
  • The Flash Cards also come as a print and cut file

Everything in the packet

  • Sterile Processing Technician Visual Guide, 63 illustrated pages
  • 301 Flash Cards
  • 104 Exam Terms

Launch price$24.99

Yes, all 3 PDFs for $24.99

Does this sound like you?

  • The manual never endsHundreds of pages, and it's hard to tell what the exam will actually ask.
  • The instruments look the sameDozens of clamps, scissors and forceps, and a name to match to each one.
  • The cycle numbers blur togetherTemperatures, exposure times and cycle types all start to mix.
  • Two answers look rightBoth seem correct, and you second guess the one you knew.

If any of these sound familiar, you're in the right place.

Reading it twice doesn't make it stick

Which spore tests steam, and which tests ethylene oxide? In the manual the answer sits in one long paragraph.

Low temperature methods and monitoring, page 54. Tap to see it full size.

Each spore gets its own picture, with its methods right under it.

The toughest topics

  • Cleaning chemistry and water
  • Steam times and cycle types
  • Look alike instrument names

Steam sterilization, page 42. Tap to see it full size.

From thisA very thick, heavily highlighted textbook open on a kitchen table at night, next to a spiral workbook and a stack of handmade index cards
  • Walls of text
  • You re-read and re-read
To this
  • One topic per page
  • Illustrated, so you can see it

Every topic in the guide

62 topic pages in 7 chapters. Tap a chapter to see what's on each page.

SPD basics and infection preventionpages 3 to 119 pages
  1. 3How items flow through the SPD
  2. 4Negative and positive air pressure
  3. 5Putting on PPE for decontamination
  4. 6The chain of infection
  5. 7Which germs are hardest to kill
  6. 8Spaulding: how clean must it be?
  7. 9Dressing for the clean side
  8. 10After a sharps injury
  9. 11Agencies and standards
Cleaning and decontaminationpages 12 to 2110 pages
  1. 12Care starts in the OR
  2. 13The manual cleaning sink
  3. 14Detergents and pH
  4. 15Water for the final rinse
  5. 16Which enzyme breaks down which soil
  6. 17The ultrasonic cleaner
  7. 18Inside the washer disinfector
  8. 19Cleaning a lumen
  9. 20Leak testing a flexible endoscope
  10. 21Levels of disinfection
Surgical instrumentspages 22 to 3110 pages
  1. 22Parts of a ring handled instrument
  2. 23Scissors you must know
  3. 24Hemostats and clamps
  4. 25Forceps and graspers
  5. 26Handheld and self retaining retractors
  6. 27Needle holders and tungsten carbide
  7. 28Inspecting an instrument
  8. 29Stain or rust: the eraser test
  9. 30Powered surgical instruments
  10. 31Rigid endoscopes
Preparation and packagingpages 32 to 398 pages
  1. 32Assembling an instrument set
  2. 33Packaging choices
  3. 34Wrapping with the envelope fold
  4. 35Peel pouches done right
  5. 36Rigid container parts
  6. 37Chemical indicator types
  7. 38What goes on the label
  8. 39Weight limits for sets
Steam sterilizationpages 40 to 478 pages
  1. 40Parts of a steam sterilizer
  2. 41Gravity and dynamic air removal
  3. 42Steam exposure times
  4. 43The four phases of a steam cycle
  5. 44Loading the sterilizer cart
  6. 45Bowie Dick test
  7. 46Letting the load cool
  8. 47Immediate use steam sterilization
Low temperature methods and monitoringpages 48 to 569 pages
  1. 48Hydrogen peroxide sterilizer
  2. 49Ethylene oxide sterilizer
  3. 50Sterilization methods compared
  4. 51Testing high level disinfectant
  5. 52Three ways to monitor a load
  6. 53Running a biological indicator
  7. 54Which spore tests which method
  8. 55Releasing implant loads
  9. 56A positive BI: the recall
Sterile storage, equipment and recordspages 57 to 648 pages
  1. 57Sterile storage shelving
  2. 58Event related sterility
  3. 59Handling sterile packs
  4. 60First in, first out
  5. 61Case carts and transport
  6. 62Patient care equipment
  7. 63Par levels and inventory
  8. 64Records and traceability

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Exam Terms104 terms$15Included
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Is this for you?

A young woman in teal hospital scrubs at her kitchen table in the evening, reviewing printed pages next to a hospital ID badge and a mug

Your course is almost done

Go back over every exam topic, one page each, in the order the exam covers them.

A tired man in his thirties at a desk at night with a thick highlighted textbook, hand on his forehead

The manual isn't sticking

See each instrument, cycle and step drawn out, so it comes back on test day.

A sterile processing technician in blue scrubs and a hair cover on a break room couch after work, reading on her phone

You study around full shifts

One topic per page, so ten minutes after a shift still moves you forward.