ST 101 Surgical Foundations and Procedures 1 6 Credits. 6 Lecture Hours. 0 Lab Hour.
A course on concepts and skills for surgical technology. Topics include: professional and workplace management; medical terminology; informatics; patient care; surgical asepsis and infection control; decontamination, disinfection, and reprocessing methods; instrumentation; sterile storage and distribution; basic pharmacology; anesthesia; specimen care; and surgical supplies and equipment.
Prerequisites: Admitted to the ST program through the selective enrollment process, and ST 100 and BIO 151 and MAT 105, and one FYE course (minimum grade C for all), and instructor consent
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Surgical Technology and Surgical Technology First Assistant Certificate (ST & STFAC)
The Surgical Technology program focuses on the scrub role during general and specialty surgical procedures. The surgical technologist provides patient care before, during, and after surgery. Responsibilities include preparing operative equipment and supplies, providing instrumentation during operative procedures, and other intra-operative patient care activities. Surgical technologists also share circulating tasks (responsibilities that may require patient interaction) with nurses.
Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMSC & DMSG)
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Dietetic Technology (DT & DMC)
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