Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: Explain the central in central service: central service workflow; basic job knowledge and skills; basic job responsibilities; basic central service concerns; identify regulations and standards; US Food and Drug Administration; other federal regulation agencies; professional associations; review tools for cleaning, point of use preparation and transport, cleaning and decontamination, disinfection of surgical instrumentation, central service and infection prevention and control; OSHA blood borne pathogen standards; central service environment; principles of asepsis; explain quality in central service operations; discuss common workplace safety hazards; identify flash sterilization standards; describe the importance of managing inventory; review the need to track equipment; describe an overview of sterile packaging process; discuss factors that impact sterilization; explain patient care equipment.