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Sterile processing tools
Quick references and checks for sterile processing technicians and CRCST exam candidates, built on CDC sources and HSPA’s content outline. Everything runs in your browser.
Sterilization & monitoring
Cycle parameters and the indicators that prove a load is good.
Steam sterilization cycle times
Look up minimum steam sterilization exposure and drying times for gravity and prevacuum sterilizers, plus immediate-use (IUSS) cycles, from CDC tables.
Open toolSterilization indicators guide
Chemical indicator types 1–6, biological indicators and the Bowie-Dick test: what each one shows, where it goes and how often CDC says to use it.
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Cleaning, disinfection & storage
Decide how an item is reprocessed, and whether a package is still sterile.
Spaulding classification
Spaulding classification explained with an interactive picker: critical, semicritical and noncritical items, the reprocessing each needs, and CDC examples.
Open toolIs it still sterile? Package check
Check a sterile package against the events that compromise it (tears, moisture, broken seals, drops) and the CDC storage clearances from floor, ceiling and walls.
Open toolBleach dilution calculator
Work out how much bleach and water you need for a target ppm of available chlorine, with 1:10, 1:100 and 5,000 ppm presets from CDC guidance.
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Exam practice
Check where you stand before the CRCST exam.