Contact your local hospital, emergency room, or a medical office and find out about volunteer opportunities. Spending time there will give you an idea about the field of medicine that interests you most and if it's an environment you would like.

Volunteer at a local hospital, emergency room, or medical office.

Empathy is an integral part of our human nature. It is a skill ingrained in us, but it can also be learned and improved upon. Explore ways to develop your empathy and be more successful in life.

Watch a TED Talk about empathy.

Think about the last time you were at a doctor or dentist's office--what made you nervous? What made you feel better? Is helping people through an experience like this something you'd like to do?

Picture working in a medical office.

Sterilization is a vital part of medical equipment preparation. Learn more about sterilization to gauge if this is something you might be interested in.

Learn more about sterile processing.

Medical Equipment Preparers

Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.

Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

Realistic

Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

Conventional

Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.

Investigative

Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

Social

Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art.

Artistic

Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.

Enterprising

Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed

Miscellaneous Healthcare Support Occupations

Healthcare Support Occupations

Other Healthcare Support Occupations

Operate and maintain steam autoclaves, keeping records of loads completed, items in loads, and maintenance procedures performed.

Clean instruments to prepare them for sterilization.

Organize and assemble routine or specialty surgical instrument trays or other sterilized supplies, filling special requests as needed.

Examine equipment to detect leaks, worn or loose parts, or other indications of disrepair.

Report defective equipment to appropriate supervisors or staff.

Maintain records of inventory or equipment usage and order medical instruments or supplies when inventory is low.

Stock crash carts or other medical supplies.

Start equipment and observe gauges and equipment operation to detect malfunctions and to ensure equipment is operating to prescribed standards.

Medical Equipment Preparers

Overview

Career

What Medical Equipment Preparers Do

Other Job Titles Medical Equipment Preparers May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Medical Equipment Preparers

Overview

Career

What Medical Equipment Preparers Do

Other Job Titles Medical Equipment Preparers May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Education

Level of Education Attained by Medical Equipment Preparers

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