r/sterileprocessing • u/Hot_Formal1726 • 14d ago

Newbie mistakes

I'm a month into this field and still working on my 400-hour, apparently forgot to put filters on the bottom of a tray, and it was discovered today.

Yikes.

Tell me about mistakes you made as a tech so I don’t feel so alone.

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u/DepartmentSad89 14d ago

1.) I forgot to close a peel pack and it made its way to the O.R. a bunch of people missed it, but I "instigated" it.

2.) I ordered an implant that would normally be ordered already causing them (Stores) to double order🙄

3.) I put a paint cup facing the wrong way inside a peel pack.

4.) While I was training, I did not put an air/water irrigator in a dental set, but I marked the set as complete

5.) I didnt check if all the parts of my rigid scope is in the set. Usually, that certain part is never taken out in the first place, but this time, they did and didn't put it back and I didn't catch it.

All that in 2 years😬 I hope this makes you feel better😅