Susan White of Plano has held many jobs over her career span, including office work and real estate agent. For her, becoming an Instrument Technician was a true and utter career change.
“It is an extremely important job,” Susan explains. “Instrument Technicians have to ensure safety by following standards and practices.”
Instrument Technicians are the first line of defense against infection in hospitals and operating rooms. They wash and sterilize instruments, decontaminate the surgery rooms, and set up trays of instruments for surgical procedures. Many Instrument Technicians become Surgical Technologists, who actually assist the doctors and nurses inside the operating rooms.
Susan credits Sylvia Bratton, instructor for the Instrument Technician program at Lifelong Learning, for her success in becoming a medical professional, as she has been offered a position at Denton Presbyterian Hospital. While participating in the externship requirement for the Instrument Technician program, Susan says she did not feel anxious. Instead, she felt prepared and confident, and that was due to Sylvia’s training and guidance. “Sylvia made the course a blast,” Susan states. “She gave real life scenarios, her years of expertise were very valuable, and it was Sylvia who made the course worth it.”
North Central Texas College offers the Instrument Technician Program and also the Surgical Technology Program.
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