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SPD Technician Basic Competency Validation

|Name |Employee Number |Position Title |Department |

| | |Central Sterile Processing Technician |Sterile Processing (CS/SPD) |

|Reviewer Name |Reviewer Title |Date Review Completed |

Patient Contact Position: Yes No Yes. If yes, complete the Age Based Competency section below:

| | |Successful Completion of Competency | |

|Competency |Method of Validation |(Date/Signature) |Selection Criteria |

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|1. Comprehension of the role of |X Observation & |Function (reception, cleaning, decontamination, and sterile reprocessing of surgical/medical |High Risk |

|the Central Sterile Processing |Documentation |instrumentation and equipment). |X Essential |

|Department and technician |Simulation |General duties and requirements (functional and regulatory). |Low Volume |

| |Cognitive test | |Performance |

| | | |Improvement |

| | | |X Regulatory |

| | |Validator’s Signature:___________________________________ | |

| | |Date:________________ | |

|2. Understanding of and | | | |

|maintaining of departmental |X Observation |Reception to decontamination to prep/pack to processing to transport to storage. |High Risk |

|workflow |Documentation |Staff/visitor movement in/through department. |X Essential |

| |Simulation | |Low Volume |

| |Cognitive test | |Performance |

| | | |Improvement |

| | | |X Regulatory |

| | |Validator’s Signature:___________________________________ | |

| | |Date:________________ | |

| | | | |

|3. Understands and demonstrates |X Observation |Uses appropriate eye protection (face shield and mask). |High Risk |

|proper use of PPE |Documentation |Wears impervious gown. |X Essential |

| |Simulation |Wears appropriate gloves. |Low Volume |

| |Cognitive test |Understands and gives reasons for wearing PPE (Universal Precautions). |Performance |

| | |When gown or gloves are damaged immediately changes. |Improvement |

| | |Utilization of emergency eyewash station. |X Regulatory |

| | | | |

| | |Validator’s Signature:___________________________________ | |

| | |Date:________________ | |

|Competency |Method of Validation |Successful Completion of Competency |Selection Criteria |

| | |(Date/Signature) | |

| | | | |

|4. Surgical/medical |X Observation |Identification of surgical instrumentation and other hospital equipment reprocessed by CS. |High Risk |

|instrumentation and equipment |Documentation |Inspection and testing of surgical instrumentation. |X Essential |

|identification |Simulation | |Low Volume |

| |Cognitive test |Validator’s Signature: ___________________________________ |X Performance |

| | |Date: ________________ |Improvement |

| | | |Regulatory |

| | | | |

|5. Principles of reprocessing |X Observation |Decontamination principles and procedures (manual and mechanical). |High Risk |

|and sterilization |Documentation |Inspection and testing of surgical instrumentation. |X Essential |

| |Simulation |Prep and pack. |Low Volume |

| |Cognitive test |Sterilization methodologies, parameters, and procedures. |X Performance |

| | |Loading the sterilizer. |Improvement |

| | | |Regulatory |

| | |Validator’s Signature: ___________________________________ | |

| | |Date: ________________ | |

| | | | |

|6. Sterilization validation and |X Observation |Check/confirms (by initial on printout) sterilizer settings prior to cycle initiation and following cycle |High Risk |

|documentation |Documentation |completion. |X Essential |

| |Simulation |Appropriately logs sterilization parameters and BIs per standards and hospital policy. |Low Volume |

| |Cognitive test | |X Performance |

| | |Validator’s Signature: ___________________________________ |Improvement |

| | |Date: ________________ |Regulatory |

| | | | |

|7. Sterility maintenance, event |X Observation |Understands and applies the principles and sterility maintenance. |High Risk |

|related sterility, and |Documentation |Follows standard procedures and recommended practices for transporting sterile supplies and instruments. |X Essential |

|transporting sterile goods |Simulation |Explain and apply event related sterility. |Low Volume |

| |Cognitive test | |X Performance |

| | |Validator’s Signature: ___________________________________ |Improvement |

| | |Date: ________________ |Regulatory |

| | | | |

|8. CS/SPD customer service |X Observation |Patient first, surgeons and OR staff, other associates, teammates, visitors, etc. |High Risk |

| |Documentation |Proper phone etiquette. “Hello this is _____. How can I help you?” |X Essential |

| |Simulation |Greeting visitors as they enter the department. |Low Volume |

| |Cognitive test |Demonstration of respect for one another. |X Performance |

| | | |Improvement |

| | | |Regulatory |

| | | | |

| | |Validator’s Signature: ___________________________________ | |

| | |Date: ________________ | |

|9. Ethics and compliance | | | |

| |X Observation |Protection of patient privacy. |X Observation |

| |Documentation |HIPPA regulations. |Documentation |

| |Simulation |Corporate compliance |Simulation |

| |Cognitive test | |Cognitive test |

| | |Validator’s Signature: ___________________________________ | |

| | |Date: ________________ | |

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