Access courses

Surgical Scrub Technician Course

What will I learn?

Take your medical career to the next level with our Surgical Scrub Technician Training Programme, designed for healthcare workers lookin' to improve themselves. You'll learn important skills like how to scrub your hands properly for surgery, sterile techniques, and how to handle sterile instruments. You'll also learn how to put on your gown and gloves the right way, and how to set up a sterile field neatly. This training programme will teach you why cleanliness is so important in surgery, so you can do your best in any operating theatre. Register now to build up your skills and be more confident on the job.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online course accessible for life
Certificate compliant with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support always available
Select and arrange the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, without needing internet access

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Learn how to scrub for surgery properly: Use antiseptic the right way and learn the correct technique.

Use sterile techniques correctly: Follow the rules for keeping things clean in the operating theatre.

Handle instruments carefully: Learn to hold instruments properly so you don't contaminate them.

Get gowning and gloving spot on: Keep everything sterile when you're working in surgery.

Set up sterile fields neatly: Arrange instruments properly to make sure there's no contamination.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.