Kaiser Permanente

Compensation

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Job Summary: Decontaminates, cleans, packages, sterilizes, stores and distributes medical/surgical, equipment and supplies in accordance with CDC, OSHA, EPA, AAMI, Title 22, APIC, SGNA, JC guidelines as required. Essential Responsibilities: • Responsible for filling orders from requesting departments. • Make equipment rounds and return soiled equipment to SPD; clean equipment per manufacturers recommendations and validate functionality prior to storage; validate PM status on equipment issued from and returned to SPD per department policy. • Answer phones. • Inventory and restock supplies, and specialty carts i.e. isolation, latex, crash carts, etc. per department policy. • Order specialty beds and other patient equipment per medical center practice. • Disassembles, cleans or decontaminates surgical instruments per manufacturers recommendations including ultrasonic cleaning. • Assembles, inspects, tests, wraps and dates all OR sets including specialty sets per department protocol according manufacturers recommendations. • Operate all equipment in Sterile Processing Department including, but not limited to, steam sterilizers, plasma sterilizers, automated endoscope reprocessors, biological incubators, heat sealers, instrument and cart washers. • Use of instrument and equipment tracking system in all areas of Sterile Processing Department including documentation of tests and sterilizer records. • Examines and maintains integrity of sterile packages. • Prepare OR case carts according to preference cards on all surgical procedures. • Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal and external customers. • Able to work in a collaborative environment. • Perform other related duties as assigned within the scope of training and service.