7 courses with the subject CSP, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CSP 101Introduction to Central Sterile Services1
Introduces students to the central service area of healthcare facilities and the responsibilities and role of the Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST). Explores the practical application of concepts and procedures, such as regulations and standards, safety, personal protective equipment (PPE), universal precautions, and the work flow of the central service department. Discusses disinfection, decontamination, transportation of soiled items, and cleaning processes. Explores the basics of instrumentation assembly and how to process instruments, including disassembly.
Prepares the student for entry level practice in assembly area of the central service department. Covers the packaging process and sterilization method with an emphasis on disposable packaging materials, package closure methods, package labeling, sterility maintenance, selection of appropriate packing material, and identification of instruments by category, use, and name. Emphasizes quality assurance to enable the student to inspect, assemble, and prepare instrumentation for packaging.
Provides students hands-on practice in the clinical setting of central sterile service with an emphasis on the decontamination and processing areas. Provides the clinical experience required for International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) certification.
CSP 196On Site Training - Central Sterile Technician Clinical Applications3
Specializes in career orientation and training program without pay in selected businesses and industry, supervised and coordinated by the college. Provides students with initial hands-on practice in the clinical setting of central sterile service required for provisional certification as a CRCST. Laboratory hours 12 hours. Total 12 hours per week 3 credits
SDV 101, BIO 145, CSP 101, CSP 107, CSP 205, HLT 105, HLT 143, SUR 150, ENG 111
Corequisite
SUR 100, SUR 135
CSP 205Intermediate Central Sterile Services1
Prepares the student for point-of-use processing, immediate-use steam sterilization, and high-heat and low-heat sterilization methods. Emphasizes proper procedures involved in transporting sterile goods through facilities and between various clinical sites and quality assurance to ensure customer satisfaction and safety, records maintenance, sterile storage, and central service inventory.
Provides the student with continued hands-on practice in the clinical setting with an emphasis on packaging, wrapping, and sterilization in the clinical setting within a central sterilization processing department. Provides the clinical experience required for International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) certification.
Provides continued hands-on clinical experience in a central sterilization processing department. Emphasizes the student’s ability to demonstrate distribution, sterile storage, and case cart preparation in the clinical setting with minimal supervision and provides hours required for the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) certification.
