IAHCSMM® (International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management)
Healthcare Management
Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST®) Training Programs
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- Complete Study material along with a training kit
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Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST®)
• CRCST® certification program is designed to recognize entry level and existing technicians who have demonstrated the experience, knowledge and skills necessary to provide competent services as a central service technician.
• CRCST’s are integral members of the healthcare team who are responsible for decontaminating, inspecting, assembling, disassembling, packaging and sterilizing reusable surgical instruments or devices in a healthcare facility that are essential for patient safety.
Certification Body
• IAHCSMM® (International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management)
Learning Objectives
• Acknowledge your proficiency in patient safety by ensuring the sterility of the instruments
• Acknowledges your expertise in examination of the instruments for defects
• Vouched your expertise in patient safety and infection control and skills necessary to provide competent services as a central service technician
• Application of the skills learnt during the course at their respective workplaces to bring about a higher level of quality and safety at the healthcare facilities
Exam Contents
The CRCST® exam will test your proficiency in these areas:
• Cleaning, Decontamination & Disinfection
• Preparation & Packaging
• Sterilization Process
• Patient Care Equipment
• Sterile Storage & Inventory Management
• Documentation & Record Maintenance
• Customer Relations
Target Audience
• Doctors
• Nurses
• Operation Theatre Personnel
• Pharmaceutical Personnel
• Central Sterile Supply Department Personnel
• Infection Control Personnel etc
Eligibility Criteria
• CRCST® certification requires that you pass the certification exam and complete 400 hours of hands-on experience in a CS department.
• These hours can be completed before testing or within 6 months of passing the exam. IAHCSMM® highly recommends completing, or at least beginning, your hours of experience before testing.
• Hands-on experience provides an invaluable resource with which to better understand the standards, knowledge, and practices needed to be successful in a CS department and on the CRCST® Exam.
Exam Information
• The exam is computer based
• 150 MCQs (125 scored and 25 pretest questions)
• 3 hours for completion
• Along with passing the certification exam, 400 hours of hands-on experience are required in order to obtain CRCST® status.
o Decontamination (120 Hours)
o Preparing & Packaging Instruments (120 Hours)
o Sterilization & Disinfection (96 Hours)
o Storage & Distribution (24 Hours)
o Quality Assurance Processes (24 Hours)
o Equipment (16 Hours)
Recertification
• Requires 12 CE credits per year; credits
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