Medical Equipment Preparers

Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.

Job Task

• Check sterile supplies to ensure that they are not outdated.
• Clean instruments in order to prepare them for sterilization.
• Disinfect and sterilize equipment such as respirators, hospital beds, and oxygen and dialysis equipment, using sterilizers, aerators, and washers.
• Examine equipment to detect leaks, worn or loose parts, or other indications of disrepair.
• Install and set up medical equipment using hand tools.
• Organize and assemble routine and specialty surgical instrument trays and other sterilized supplies, filling special requests as needed.
• Purge wastes from equipment by connecting equipment to water sources and flushing water through systems.
• Report defective equipment to appropriate supervisors or staff.
• Start equipment and observe gauges and equipment operation, in order to detect malfunctions and to ensure equipment is operating to prescribed standards.
• Attend hospital in-service programs related to areas of work specialization.
• Deliver equipment to specified hospital locations or to patients' residences.
• Maintain records of inventory and equipment usage.
• Record sterilizer test results.
• Assist hospital staff with patient care duties such as providing transportation and setting up traction.
• Operate and maintain steam autoclaves, keeping records of loads completed, items in loads, and maintenance procedures performed.

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