无菌处理技术员

工作日程

无菌处理技术员全职工作，经常被分配到夜班、周末班或节假日班，因为医院有全天候的急诊室，病人会在医院过夜。 

典型职责

• 收集受污染的物品进行清洗和消毒
• 整理项目并保存记录，以跟踪需要完成或已经完成的工作
• 使用消毒剂、灭菌剂或高压灭菌器（如适用），根据需要对医疗器械、装置和设备、用品及其他物品进行物理清洁
• 清除生物物质，并确保进行适当的净化（如有必要）、标记、运输、储存或处置
• 遵守所有卫生规程并监督他人，确保清洁物品不被意外污染
• 在外科手术前准备好区域、器械盘、设备和表面
• 向检查室、手术室或其他区域运送清洁用品
• 维护和操作高压灭菌器；必要时与维修技术人员合作
• 订购供应品库存（如手套、口罩等），保持所需物品库存并检查有效期

额外责任

• 根据需要，培训同事或新员工
• 及时了解相关行业新闻，如新的病毒爆发

软技能

• 分析性的
• 以合规为导向
• 注重细节
• 勤奋的人
• 诚信
• 循序渐进
• 观察者
• 有组织的
• 病人
• 安全意识
• 健全的判断力
• 劲力

技术技能

• Expertise operating autoclaves
• 熟悉用于清洁仪器、设备和其他物品的化学品和设备
• 了解适用的供应订购程序和计划
• 正确使用个人防护设备的知识
• Methods for biological waste decontamination, labeling, transport, storage, and disposal
• 了解卫生和消毒的医疗标准

• 医院和手术中心（包括急诊室、重症监护室和分娩室）
• 实验室
• 疗养院和辅助生活中心
• 门诊护理中心
• 私人诊所（包括牙科、眼科和整形外科）

由于医院和其他医疗服务相关办公室的性质，它们经常会有病人涌入，这些病人可能是传染性病毒、细菌、真菌或原生动物的携带者。这些病菌很容易通过正常呼吸、打喷嚏、咳嗽、接触物体表面或人与人之间的直接接触传播。无菌处理技术员要确保有害病菌不会污染可能直接或间接与病人接触的任何物品。 

Because they are so small, germs can’t be seen by the naked eye. Thus, Technicians must methodically and thoroughly clean everything that could potentially be contaminated. Otherwise, patients are at risk of exposure, which can be deadly in some cases. However, the ongoing sterilization processes in healthcare establishments have led to the emergence of highly resistant, highly transmissible bacteria such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) which have evolved to survive even rigorous disinfection protocols — and can live for months on a surface! 

无菌处理技术员本身就处于危险之中，他们经常接触化学品、各种病菌以及血液或体液等潜在危险的生物材料。此外，他们还可能在夜间、周末或节假日工作，这对那些有家庭的人来说是个挑战。

Infectious diseases are nothing new, but the Covid-19 pandemic shocked many industries out of complacency. While hospitals have been flooded with patients, they have had to re-examine and strengthen infection control and environmental cleaning practices. Many patients have been increasingly exposed to “healthcare-acquired infections” in situations where they went to a hospital to get treated and wound up catching something else. Meanwhile, as workers strive to sanitize or disinfect everything around them, bacteria like Clostridioides difficile keep adapting and becoming more resistant, creating a Catch-22. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stressed that healthcare institutions closely follow precautions such as “performing hand hygiene, using personal protective equipment (PPE), following respiratory and cough etiquette principals, ensuring appropriate patient placement (i.e isolation precautions) and the proper handling, cleaning and disinfecting of patient care equipment, instruments/devices and environments appropriately.” The latter, of course, falls directly onto the laps of Sterile Processing Techs, who have had their hands full in recent years. 

无菌处理技术员可能总是干净整洁，喜欢井井有条。他们可能总是耐心而冷静，能够长时间专注于简单的任务，同时注意细节。他们可能是 "人见人爱 "的人，喜欢与他人相伴，但也可能喜欢独处，满足于自己安静地做事。