Programs
Certificates
Sterile Processing Technician
As a Sterile Processing Technician, your work is performed to exacting standards in a variety of settings — hospitals, outpatient surgery centers, clinics, physicians’ offices, or instrument and supply companies.
In this program, you will:
- Learn how to clean, disinfect, sterilize, and distribute the sterile supplies, instruments, and equipment used in various health care settings.
- Gain hands-on experience in a sterile processing department in clinical applications.
- Be eligible to sit for the national certification exam upon successful program completion.
For more information about our certificate programs, including graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the programs, and other important information, please visit www.Baker.edu/gainfulemployment.
Sterile Processor
Explore your career.
Career Facts
- The average annual wage for a Sterile Processor ranges from $24,487 to $34,450.
- Job growth is expected to be much faster than average for all types of surgical technologists, including Sterile Processors, between 2008-2018
- Most Sterile Processors work in hospitals but opportunities exist in other medical settings as well including outpatient surgery centers private offices, or instrument and supply companies.
- In a busy hospital that operates 24 hours a day, you may be required to work shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays.