In my 13 year career as a scrub I've met tons of certified people that would I not allow them to tie my shoes. Good and bad everywhere, I've met techs that were not certified that I would absolutely go into any case with and would be grateful to have them in my own if I were ever under the knife. I do agree that the reason to be certified is so you don't have limits on where you can work, and understand why hospitals prefer certified techs in the case of law suite. Also, being certified does not determine whether you will be in the "cool" cases. The biggest marker for that is whether you can retain the information and steps of "cool" or "complicated" I procedures, how well do you blend with the surgical team that performs those procedures, how well can you perform under these stressful cases, not sacrificing sterile technique while being efficient and anticipating the needs of the procedure, how well can you focus after 8 hours of being in the same case on a 12hour shift and are being asked to stay later to finish the case. I see these 20 year scrubs with certification that come in to do a simple lump & bump or a lap appy, and have their backs turned to their sterile field. How about the super certified techs with the "CST" on the badge but hold their hand to their side or on their side hip during surgery. I like your content, you're extremely knowledgeable, I just had a different outlook and experience that I thought I'd share. It's important to see both sides of the coin and never dismiss people in our field because of a certification.
Hi Global Travel. Thank you for sharing. I appreciate and agree with your viewpoint. I hope you don’t see my comments as being dismissive of people without certification. That certainly wasn’t my intention. I, too, know several non-certified techs who do a great job. And I know several CSTs who contaminate all over the place. There are absolutely good and bad everywhere. My position is simply pro-training. Good training is important. Continued training is important. Even the best techs out there, certified or not, have something they could learn. We could all do better. And training is a great wat to get the knowledge needed to do better. For a tech just starting out, some training is good. Extensive training is better. For experienced techs, optional continuing training is good. Required continuing training is better. And certification is a way to require both extensive initial training, and significant continued training. I’m not saying those who have more training are better than those who don’t. I’m saying that, for every individual, more training is going to make that individual better than they otherwise would be with less training.
thank you for the information I went to a school that it was not accredited cost me $20,000.00 and I can't get certified I didn't know that I can work with no certification I finish my inter ship I did 5 months I been doing sterile processing tech.
Thank you for your videos! This one in particular was very insightful. I’m currently a biomedical engineer student and was interested in applying for a surgical tech job for clinical exposure before applying to medical school. In your experience, do you think that my background knowledge is enough? I’m definitely willing to get certified, but I don’t have any experience in the healthcare industry. I’m also worried that as a pre-med student that I might be turned away. Should I bring this up when applying? Thank you again!
Hi dude, very nice,can you plz let me know what else CST may do for advancement l mean what study opportunities are available as CST. Eagerly waiting for your response.
