Sterile Processing Technician Training Program
Launch your healthcare career with Sterile Processing Technician Training
Sterile Processing Technicians play a vital behind-the-scenes role in healthcare, ensuring surgical instruments and medical equipment are safe for patient use. Through the Fortis Sterile Processing Technician Training Program, students gain hands-on instruction in sterilization techniques, microbiology, and infection control—skills that prepare them for a rewarding career in this essential healthcare field.
What does a Sterile Processing Technician do?
Sterile processing technicians clean, sterilize, and organize tools and medical equipment to prevent infection and support successful medical procedures.
What does it take to become a sterile processing technician?
To enroll in the Fortis Sterile Processing Technician training program, applicants must meet the following requirements:
- Hold a high school diploma, General Educational Development (GED) certificate, or equivalent
- Be at least 17 years old at the start of studies
- Submit an application form
- Participate in an interview with administrative staff
Why Fortis?
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Streamlined path to earn a certificate, degree, or diploma and enter workforce
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Career-focused classes
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Hands-on training and/or externships
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Convenient class schedules
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Institutionally accredited campuses
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Financial aid available for those who qualify
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Career services for graduates
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Connections to local employers
What does a Sterile Processing Technician Training Program at Fortis look like?
- Earn a diploma in 36 weeks
- Learn through a hybrid form of delivery, with some courses online and others offered in a traditional on-campus environment with a mix of classroom and hands-on learning
- Participate in an externship, applying learned skills to real-life situations in a healthcare setting
- Learn from passionate, experienced instructors with real-world skills and a dedication to student success
- Become eligible during the final quarter of the program to take the provisional certification exam offered by the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA) for the Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) credential*
What You’ll Learn
- Proper techniques to clean and sterilize medical instruments
- How to use infection control methods
- Proper names and categories of medical instruments, equipment, and supplies
- How to handle, transfer, store, inventory, and distribute medical instruments, equipment, and supplies
What career opportunities are available for pharmacy technicians?
Graduates of the Fortis Sterile Processing Technician Training Program will be prepared to seek entry-level employment in outpatient surgery centers or in physicians’ offices or dentists’ offices where outpatient surgery is performed.
What is the job outlook?
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