Lead Sterile Processing Technician
Riverside Methodist Health · Indianapolis, IN
Mar, 2022 · Present
Lead a 9-person evening shift reprocessing 1,400+ instrument trays per week across 32 ORs and 4 procedural suites.
Cut tray assembly errors 41% by rebuilding count sheets in SPM tracking software and adding a second-check step for high-risk ortho sets.
Run daily Bowie-Dick, biological, and chemical indicator testing on 6 steam and 2 low-temp (STERRAD) sterilizers; zero failed loads released in 3 years.
Coordinate loaner-tray intake with 12 vendor reps, meeting the 48-hour receipt rule 97% of the time.
Trained and signed off 14 new hires on decontam, prep-and-pack, and sterile storage competencies.
Sterile Processing Technician II
Eskenazi Surgical Partners · Indianapolis, IN
Jun, 2018 · Feb, 2022
Decontaminated and inspected instruments using ultrasonic cleaners, washer-disinfectors, and borescopes for lumened devices.
Assembled 60+ trays per shift for general, GYN, and ENT services with a 99.6% accuracy audit score.
Maintained sterilizer logs and load records that passed 2 Joint Commission surveys with no SPD findings.
Flagged and pulled damaged instruments for repair, saving an estimated $38K/year in replacement costs.
Central Supply Aide
Community Hospital East · Indianapolis, IN
Aug, 2016 · May, 2018
Restocked case carts and par levels for 14 ORs; picked and delivered supplies to 9 inpatient units.
Supported SPD case-cart turnover during overnight trauma surges.
Assembled and wrapped instrument trays under preceptor guidance, learning IFU lookup and steam cycle parameters for 8 OR suites.
Ran low-temperature STERRAD cycles for heat-sensitive endoscopy equipment and logged biological indicator results each shift.
Kept sterile storage and par locations audited and FIFO-rotated, cutting expired-item pulls by roughly 30%.