This one-year program prepares you to apply principles of infection prevention and proper handling of reusable patient care equipment in healthcare settings.
Dedicate your career to creating a safe place for healthcare teams and their patients.
Students complete this program in only two semesters
Placements take place at The Ottawa Hospital, CHEO, Queensway Carleton Hospital and various private clinics
Clinical placement and lab completed in the program may be used toward the hours required to write the Certified Medical Device Reprocessing Technician (CMDRT) exam
Overview
Dedicate your career to creating a safe place for healthcare teams and their patients.
Medical Device Reprocessing is a unique Ontario College Certificate program that combines theory, lab practice, simulation and hands-on experience.
This one-year program prepares you to apply principles of infection prevention and proper handling of reusable patient care equipment in healthcare settings.
As a student, you explore various areas including:
human anatomy
medical terminology
patient interventions
employee and patient safety
Gain manual dexterity by practising with equipment and surgical instrumentation in simulation labs as well as operating equipment in clinical healthcare settings. Collectively, these practices will prepare you for work in the healthcare field.
Benefit from more than 130 hours of clinical practice, which provides the opportunity for integrating theory and principles into hands-on practice.
Laboratory and clinical placement hours completed in the program may be used towards the prerequisite hours required to write the CMDRT exam.
Upon graduating, you may find work in healthcare facilities, which may include:
hospital medical device reprocessing departments
public and private clinics
dental clinics
surgical centres
Success Factors
This program is well-suited for students who:
Possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
Have an interest in the healthcare field.
Are flexible and want to work in an environment with high standards and professionalism.
Enjoy the challenges of working in a team setting.
Have manual dexterity and are process and detail oriented.
Are able to handle physically demanding tasks.
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This part-time program is a combination of theoretical knowledge and clinical practice.
Get specialized training to reprocess reusable medical devices such as surgical tools and patient care equipment.
Moreover, the MDRT course is instrumental in the healthcare system by training technicians who are paramount in ensuring that medical devices undergo proper decontamination and sterilization processes, thus mitigating the risk of infection transmission through surgical instruments and equipment.
Develop the knowledge and technical skills required for a career as a Medical Device Reprocessing Technician (MDR).
This course covers elements of decontamination, preparation, assembly, sterilization, storage and distribution of instruments and medical devices.
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