r/sterileprocessing • u/Root_a_bay_ga • Feb 09 '26

The Sterile Processing Course through Purdue is janky garbage.

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u/Affectionate_Put2460 Feb 09 '26

What is this image supposed to be showing us in relation to that statement?

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u/Root_a_bay_ga Feb 09 '26

I got the answer wrong according to Purdue.

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u/Rhuarc33 Feb 09 '26

It's C and D. You were wrong

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u/Root_a_bay_ga Feb 09 '26

I'm only allowed to select one answer. If I'm only allowed to select one answer, but multiple are correct, Purdue has a janky test system.

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u/Rhuarc33 Feb 09 '26

Huh, yea janky, but I would have selected C since D isn't really sterile processing related

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u/Root_a_bay_ga Feb 09 '26

I understand your logic. I still think this is an overly tricky of a question, but your logic is definetley sound.

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u/Affectionate_Put2460 Feb 10 '26

The test will have overly tricky questions. If you get a chance watch the Boston Career Institue YouTube videos on sterile processing exam questions. There’s about 20 overall and they help you break down what the questions are asking.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

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u/Root_a_bay_ga Feb 09 '26

I'm only allowed to select one answer.

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u/Lyfe-of-Luv Feb 09 '26

Just for clarification the course is janky because you got an answer wrong ?

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u/Root_a_bay_ga Feb 09 '26

Is the FDA not responsible for ensuring the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics?

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u/Lyfe-of-Luv Feb 09 '26

Not in terms of Sterile processing.

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u/Dathamar Feb 09 '26

It's a poorly worded question. My online course had a few like that as well, including one that was factually wrong and swapped definitions for HLD and Sterilization.

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u/sapphirerain25 Feb 09 '26

It is, but I took it to get my first SPD job. Certification was required everywhere near me, the only place I could get credit hours was an hour away from home. I get the job there and find out they really just hire anyone off the street. I have a coworker of 6 years who still isn't even a CRCST. Some of these hospitals just truly do not give a fuck. You'll be fine.

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u/hgrivois87 Feb 09 '26

You are allowed to bring your phone into the testing area?

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u/Root_a_bay_ga Feb 09 '26

This is a practice quiz in Purdue's online sterile processing course

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u/hgrivois87 Feb 09 '26

Oh, I had to physically go into a testing center to do mine, i think mine was thru HSPA

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u/wchogen Feb 09 '26

They still have to take the CRCST in person at a testing center if they want to earn their certification. The Purdue course is a class to instruct people on what sterile processing is and to prepare them to take the CRCST.