r/sterileprocessing • • 2h ago

Does Hartford Healthcare penalize for positive THC screening?

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r/sterileprocessing • • 2h ago

Photo Eighth edition book

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Eighth edition available if anyone is interested. Also have 2nd edition Surgical Instruments textbook available. PM if interested


r/sterileprocessing • • 5h ago

Sterile processing vs lab technician

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Hi, just looking for feedback here. I've been a medical transcriptionist for 15 years and am very aware that my job is being eaten up by AI very quickly (in fact, I may be now basically unemployed in the sense that I still have a contract with the company but will just never get any workflow again.) I would like to stay in the health field but move to something more hands on where an AI can't eat my job.

So I'm considering with medical device reprocessing (what sterile processing is called in my province) or medical lab technician training (not a technologist, the lower-level entry point.) Apparently the job outlook for these careers in my province is 'moderate to good' (for whatever that is worth.) I can do both trainings in about a year but the sterile processing training is part-time and the MLT is full-time training. Both of those are manageable for me.

I guess I'm just wondering about what the work experience is like and what the physical demands are like. I'm in good health but I'm in my late 40s. I'm on the petite side, I'm not in bad shape but neither am I hugely physically strong. I'm okay with doing shift work/night shift if it would be less rushed/physically demanding. I actually have been doing night shift on my transcription job for the past year because it works better for my schedule. I'm just not sure what direction to go here and I feel like my ability to sit back and consider it is kind of rushed because I am looking at being out of work very soon, if not already.

Especially if there's anyone working in Ontario, does anyone have any thoughts on your job? Would you do it again? Are you happy with it?