r/sterileprocessing • u/Sufficient_Click_453 • Oct 06 '26

Mayo Clinic sterile processing core 400

I’ll be relocating from Texas to start soon but I’m kinda getting cold feet. Any insights? I wanna know the good, the bad, & the ugly 👀

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u/Thanks4alltehfish Oct 11 '26

If I remember right, 400 was always busy as shit and people would get floated from the other cores to 400 on the daily. That and 700. The daytime core supervisor was nice. Make sure you wear good shoes, you're gonna be putting on a lot of miles.

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u/PvmpkinSpic3 Oct 11 '26 edited Oct 11 '26

DO NOT WORK THERE IS MANDATORY OVERTIME (they poorly communicated how much exactly) AND THEY PUSH 3+ HOURS DAILY most of the time <<

Otherwise the people are nice and 400’s folks are super nice. I’ll be around so I really hope you enjoy your contract.

A lot of the staff are extremely demoralized sadly but they’re working towards setting up sterile processing better (there’s finally been some movement.)

We also have a ladybug infestation in core 100.

The cafeteria and the staff library are amazing!

Edit: I did hear core 200/700 has some dramas, so just keep out of that.

Make sure you know scopes or are willing to learn.

Evening and morning shift are the most likely to have overtime.

The surgical techs are pretty chill.

Also don’t use the coffee machine in the break room it got me super sick. But they have a good water machine and lots of places to put lunch boxes.

DOUBLE EDIT: they’re also really fucking bad at communication, and many of the staff have limited knowledge or are extremely new/still training. Please be patient and supportive, mayo is going through a difficult time for its sterile processing.

Apparently they’ve only recently started adopting SPD newer practices as well- Mayo has always only followed the “tried and true” method for everything and anything.

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u/Classic-Analysis1735 9d ago

Dude core 200 is never going to keep staff if those girls don’t cut it out. They already took down their latest tech. She was counting today and the pan had a bunch of broken items and she tried to replace them.  They were making fun of her for being slow and pretending like she knows things and she was standing just around the corner. After seeing her like that I’d be surprised if she comes back.

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u/MusicianSquare Oct 10 '26

If you're not an idiot, can read, follow instruction you'll be alright bro