CSSD Technician: Course, Eligibility, Job & Salary

CSSD, or Central Sterile Supply Department Technician course, is about training candidates on basic skills and abilities needed to work in a hospital's central sterile supply department. The basics of sterilization, the use and care of sterilizers, documentation, quality control, and sterilization procedures will all be introduced to the trainee.

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The CSSD technician students are trained for tasks under the purview of healthcare personnel, which primarily includes decontamination, assembly, sterile processing, sterile storage, and distribution.

The CSSD Technician students clean, examine, assemble, and sterilize surgical trays and equipment.

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Below are details of the CSSD technician course:

The Virohan institute of health and management sciences offers a two-year Certificate Course in CSSD Technology. The course combines in-class lectures with practical training in practical live sessions.

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A CSSD student in this course is trained in 420 hours of instruction in the first year, 180 hours of theory and the remaining 240 hours of practicals. Similar to the first year, the second year will involve 140 hours of classroom instruction and 280 hours split over six months for operating and supervising sterilization types of equipment.

20000 - 1 lakh INR

The CSSD Technician course is ideal for anyone who wants to pursue a career in the healthcare sector, is ready to learn technical skills and is willing to work in the hospital set-up.

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The following is the admissions procedure for the CSSD technician course:

• Candidates can visit the Virohan institution website to find the course and complete the registration or application form under the admissions section.
• As an alternative, candidates can call on the numbers on the website page and talk to an admission team member directly.
• Students can also send queries to the institution's official mail address.

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• Candidates above 17 and below 35 are eligible for CSSD technician.
• To qualify for this course, the student must have cleared secondary with an average 50% in Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Curriculum First Year

Curriculum Second Year

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The salary range for trainee-level CSSD technicians working in hospitals is between Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 20,000 per month. Government CSSD experienced technicians are paid between Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 40,000 Indian rupees. At the top hospitals in India, CSSD technicians make more than Rs. 3.5 - 8.5 lacs per annum with other perks like PPF, weekly day off and insurance coverage. There is no higher limit for the salary; as you gain experience and improve your skills, your pay and benefits significantly rise.

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The need for skilled CSSD professionals is growing because of significant advances in medical technology. Every hospital with an operating room, emergency room, intensive care unit and infection control room needs one or more qualified CSSD technicians. There are excellent job opportunities in:

• Multispeciality hospitals with emergency trauma centres
• International healthcare services
• Healthcare training centres
• Government sectors
• Private hospitals and nursing homes
• Research, instruction, mentoring, central sterile services, sales, and marketing divisions of health care sectors

Virohan institute of health and management sciences provides a top-notch training institute with blended learning programmes, internships at top hospitals, power skill training, affordable fees and, most important, 100% placement support.