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Also called oxygen equipment preparer, aseptic tech, aseptic technician and bandage maker.
$47,700
Median pay a year
77,420
People do this work
6
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Medical Equipment Preparer
Summary
Medical equipment preparer preparing, sterilizing, and cleaning healthcare equipment, operating and inspecting instruments, and maintaining inventory in a hospital setting
Experience
Medical Equipment Preparer
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Operated and maintained steam autoclaves, kept records of loads completed and maintenance procedures performed
Cleaned instruments to prepare them for sterilization in a hospital setting
Organized and assembled surgical instrument trays and other sterilized supplies as needed
Examined equipment to find leaks or worn parts and reported defective equipment to supervisors
Maintained records of inventory and ordered medical instruments when supplies were low
Disinfected and sterilized equipment like hospital beds and respirators using sterilizers and washers
Delivered equipment to hospital locations or patients' homes as required
Skills
Core Skills
Monitoring medical equipment, Operating medical equipment, Inventorying medical supplies, Transporting medical materials, Delivering items, Stocking medical supplies, Preparing medical instruments, Maintaining medical equipment, Cleaning medical equipment
Checking & Planning
Attending educational events
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Operated steam autoclavesCleaned instruments for sterilizationRecorded sterilizer test resultsOrganized surgical instrument traysExamined equipment for damageReported broken equipment to staff
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Operated steam autoclaves to ensure proper sterilization of medical instruments
Recorded sterilizer test results to maintain compliance with safety standards
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Operated steam autoclaves several times during each shift to ensure proper sterilization of medical instruments
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Several times during each shiftMultiple loads every dayOften throughout the day
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Recorded sterilizer test results to maintain compliance with safety standards
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Helped ensure instruments were always safe to useImproved overall safety for patientsKept sterilization processes running smoothly
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Cleaning medical equipment
Monitoring medical equipment
Operating medical equipment
Inventorying medical supplies
Attending educational events
Transporting medical materials
Delivering items
Stocking medical supplies
Preparing medical instruments
Maintaining medical equipment
Recording vital statistics
Assisting practitioners
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What a Medical Equipment Preparer does
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Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.
What it pays
How much does a Medical Equipment Preparer make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$39,800
Median
$47,700
75th percentile
$58,570
About 77,420 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$48,520
$49,920
$61,490
AL
$31,920
$35,800
$38,600
AR
$35,330
$38,100
$47,040
AZ
$38,380
$46,790
$53,540
CA
$49,650
$61,370
$77,660
CO
$39,520
$47,700
$58,260
CT
$40,320
$47,980
$58,950
DC
$46,840
$48,670
$60,380
DE
$49,870
$53,300
$58,460
FL
$38,520
$45,890
$50,180
GA
$40,490
$47,850
$58,870
HI
$49,600
$51,630
$58,700
IA
$38,850
$39,930
$47,340
ID
$38,640
$46,450
$58,340
IL
$44,370
$48,050
$56,780
IN
$38,430
$45,210
$48,320
KS
$37,240
$45,280
$51,610
KY
$38,960
$46,880
$56,410
LA
$30,470
$35,960
$41,500
MA
$48,650
$58,580
$63,710
MD
$40,360
$48,680
$57,040
ME
$39,630
$46,860
$49,070
MI
$39,760
$45,670
$49,690
MN
$46,330
$50,070
$58,790
MO
$37,720
$43,480
$48,110
MS
$31,560
$35,160
$40,930
MT
$38,990
$44,670
$48,660
NC
$39,250
$45,130
$48,770
ND
$38,100
$38,910
$48,040
NE
$38,280
$41,480
$48,830
NH
$45,430
$48,900
$58,460
NJ
$48,060
$50,280
$60,260
NM
$34,740
$36,720
$46,770
NV
$41,600
$46,640
$51,520
NY
$46,890
$57,320
$62,250
OH
$38,560
$45,540
$49,190
OK
$36,790
$43,460
$49,590
OR
$42,810
$48,890
$59,840
PA
$39,710
$45,820
$50,040
PR
$24,560
$28,310
$34,130
RI
$47,580
$51,460
$59,610
SC
$37,120
$42,510
$48,720
SD
$38,910
$42,330
$47,120
TN
$37,100
$46,990
$55,730
TX
$38,120
$46,970
$58,400
UT
$41,800
$47,980
$58,040
VA
$38,890
$46,580
$50,600
VT
$47,190
$48,990
$60,370
WA
$47,440
$58,830
$63,700
WI
$44,350
$47,570
$50,160
WV
$36,820
$44,830
$46,490
WY
$40,360
$48,210
$56,390
Other names
Other names for this job
oxygen equipment preparer, aseptic tech, aseptic technician, bandage maker, central processing technician, CPT, central service technician, CST, central sterile processing tech, central sterile processing technician, central sterile supply technician, central sterile tech.
More names for this work
central sterile technician, central sterilization technician, central supply processing department technician, CSPDT, certified registered central service technician, CRCST, certified registered central services technician, css technician, equipment coordinator, equipment technician, health equipment servicer, hot packer, instrument technician, instrumentation tech, instrumentation technician, laboratory equipment cleaner, material reprocessing associate, MRA, medical supply technician, process tech, process technician, processing technician, reuse technician, spd tech, spd technician, sterile preparation technician, sterile processing and distribution technician, sterile processing department technician, sterile processing tech, sterile processing technician, sterile processing technologist, sterile processor, sterile technician, sterilization specialist, sterilization technician, sterilizer, supply technician, surgery tech, surgery technician, surgical instrument tech, surgical instrument technician, surgical sterile processing tech, surgical sterile processing technician, surgical technician, travel sterile processing tech, travel sterile processing technician.
If you served
Military jobs this work counts as
From the crosswalk the US Department of Labor publishes itself. If one of these was your job, this page is about the civilian work it maps to.
HM Hospital Corpsman
L25A Urology Technician
8499 Conversion NEC HM Hospital Corpsman Basic
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This page is about the occupation Medical Equipment Preparers. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.