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Surgical Technology and Sterile Processing

This guide is to help students in the certificate of surgical technology program sterile processing certificate with academic research.

Surgical Technology and Sterile Processing

In this guide you will find:

Overview of resources for both Surgical Technology and Sterile Processing
SUR 170 Research assignment
SUR 241 Research assignment
Articles - how to find journal articles
Books and E-books in WCC Collection
APA Style information for citing sources
Additional information

Image: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication. An oral surgery is performed during a 212th Combat Support Hospital field medical training exercise.

History of Surgery

Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery
Documentary series looking at the brutal, bloody and dangerous history of surgery from BBC.
"Two hundred years of surgery."
Gawande, Atul. The New England Journal of Medicine 366.18 (May 3, 2012): 1716(8).

History of Instrument Sterilization

History of Instrument Sterilization
Rubin, A. (2016, Feb. 11). History of instrument sterilization. Flushing Hospital Medical Center.
The Idea of Surgeons Washing Their Hands is Only 154 Years Old
Eschner, K. (2017, March 16). The Idea of Surgeons Washing Their Hands is Only 154 Years Old. Smithsonian Magazine.
Joseph Lister, the Man who Sterilized Surgery
Yanes, J. (2018, Feb. 10). Joseph Lister, the Man who Sterilized Surgery. OpenMind:BBVA.