{"id":6157,"date":"2025-09-08T06:59:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T06:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/?page_id=6157"},"modified":"2025-09-08T07:21:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T07:21:52","slug":"central-sterile-services-css-technician","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/central-sterile-services-css-technician\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Sterile Services (CSS) Technician"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6157\" class=\"elementor elementor-6157\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3b0977 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e3b0977\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52c7e42\" data-id=\"52c7e42\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3da7c11 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3da7c11\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4df1ac4\" data-id=\"4df1ac4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d98adf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d98adf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Central Sterile Services (CSS) Technician<\/h3><ul><li><strong>Duration:<\/strong> 3 Hours<\/li><li><strong>Exam Code:<\/strong> STE5652<\/li><li><strong>Number of Questions:<\/strong> 150<\/li><li><strong>Passing Score:<\/strong> 45%<\/li><\/ul><h3>Exam Coverage:<\/h3><ul><li>Overview of the CSSD (Central Sterile Services Department) and Decontamination.<\/li><li>Preparation, Packaging, and Labeling of Instruments and Devices.<\/li><li>Principles of Asepsis, Microbiology, and Infection Control.<\/li><li>Transportation of Solid Items to CSSD and Disinfection Process.<\/li><li>Processing Equipment and Classification of Surgical Instrument Types.<\/li><li>Sterilization, Maintenance, Audit, and Quality Control.<\/li><li>Flexible Endoscope and Dental Instrument Processing.<\/li><li>Use of Indicators, Load Control, and Transportation from the CSSD.<\/li><\/ul><h3>Recommended References:<\/h3><ol><li>Medical Device Reprocessing (Decontamination Specialist), Course Curriculum.<\/li><li><em>The Basics of Sterile Processing<\/em>, Nancy Chobin, Sterile Processing University LLC, New Jersey, Latest Edition.<\/li><li><em>Central Service Technical Manual<\/em>, N. Lind; J.D. Ninemeier, International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management, Latest Edition.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Sterile Services (CSS) Technician Duration: 3 Hours Exam Code: STE5652 &#8230; <\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6157","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6157"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6296,"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6157\/revisions\/6296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/american-board.us\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}