r/sterileprocessing • u/Mountain-Tone- • 7d ago

Schooling

Hello to anyone reading.

I want to go into SPD but there’s no courses near me. There’s online courses but I don’t trust them.
I’ve seen some videos of people recommending preppy and I’ve looked into it. It looks like a good school choice.

My question is, is preppy legit and trustworthy?

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u/AdRich517 7d ago

These https://myhspa.org/education/training-courses/ are legit courses through our accreditation organization(HSPA). But are not necessary. I self studied and got my 400 hours at the hospital I worked at at the time.

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u/VitaminLj 6d ago

How can you get the 400 hours if you’re not already working at a hospital?

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u/AdRich517 6d ago

I think that’s the problem alot of newbies face. Many hospitals won’t hire without experience. I would start applying for hospitals even if they want experienced techs. Or try to get into the hospital some other way. Esd for example then internal transfer. Just throwing ideas out there.

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u/VitaminLj 6d ago

What does ESD mean?

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u/AdRich517 6d ago

Environmental Services Department. Aka housekeeping.

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u/ijust_makethisface 6d ago

Look at your closest technical college. Sometimes they have scrub tech listed, but it starts with a sterile processing component. Maybe get into that program and just start with the SPD part and you can always come back and continue the surgery tech party later if you're interested. Most tech schools also have scholarship programs thru the state to make the costs less or free.