Committee lays over bill requiring certification for central sterile-processing technicians
House File 1883 would require new central service (sterile-processing) technicians to hold certification and maintain continuing education. Supporters, including the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association and hospital managers, cited infection risks and examples of patient exposures from improperly reprocessed instruments; members praised the
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House File 1883, introduced by Representative Gilman and amended, would require central sterile-processing technicians (those who clean, inspect, sterilize and reassemble surgical instruments) to hold a certification and maintain annual continuing education credits.
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