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MILAN Ñ EHOVE Adult Certified Surgical Tech graduates include: Back row, left to right, Monica Yingling, of Bellevue, and Kimberly Kaman, Castalia; and front row, from left, Jaime Pulizzi, Monroeville, and Tiffany Davis, Clyde. As with previous surgical tech classes, all four passed the national Certified Surgical Technologist exam taken earlier this summer. (Contributed photo)
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EHOVE surgical-tech students pass CST exam
MILAN -- For the eighth consecutive year, all students enrolled in the 2007-2008 class of EHOVE Ghrist Adult Career Center's Certified Surgical Technology (CST) program passed the national Certified Surgical Technologist exam, taken this year on June 10. With the certification in hand, students are now licensed and eligible to work assisting physicians with invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures in hospitals, surgical centers and doctors' offices.
EHOVE's CST program is an intensive program offering classroom and clinical site training for students in the theory and application of sterile and aseptic technique. It combines the knowledge of human anatomy, surgical procedures, and implementation of tools and technologies. CST Coordinator is Beth Lucas, of Sandusky. Sandra Welsh, New London, is an instructor in the program.
The perfect pass rate is indicative of the program's quality classroom and clinical training. In 2002, EHOVE's CST program received the national Merit Award for achieving a pass rate in the top 10 percent of the country for surgical technology program by the Liaison Council on Certification for Surgical Technologist (LCC-ST).
The Merit Awards are presented only to schools at which more than 90 percent of their program graduates who attempted the national Certification Exam in surgical technology were successful in passing the Certified Surgical Technologist exam.
Students enrolled in the program recently finished their clinical rotations at area hospitals, wrapping up an intense program of study that included more than 500 hours of clinical experience. Combining the knowledge of human anatomy, surgical procedures and implementation of tools and technology, the CST facilitates a physician's performance of invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.
Students from the area who received certificates included Tiffany Davis, Clyde; Kimberly Kaman, Castalia; Jaime Pulizzi, Monroeville; and Monica Yingling, Bellevue.
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