STS1302 — Intro to Surgical Technology
This course introduces the discipline of surgery, including preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative patient care. Topics include the profession of surgical technology, communication and teamwork, medicolegal aspects of surgical technology, health care facility structure and environment, supporting the psychosocial needs of the patient, diagnostic and assessment procedures, environment hazards, microbes and the process of infection, aseptic technique and infection control, decontamination, sterilization, and disinfection, of equipment and surgical instrumentation. An introduction to patient assessment, the principles of electricity and robotics, and the specialties of surgery are included.