The CRCST is the certification hospitals require for the people who sterilize surgical instruments. This course turns studying into something you will actually look forward to: 1,000 realistic practice questions, a two-host podcast, and a game where you run the sterile processing department.
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Scenario-based questions written like the real exam, weighted to the HSPA content outline. Every answer explained in plain English, with the trap called out.
Learn sterilization science on your commute. Two hosts, real banter, zero boring lectures. Free forever.
Run a virtual sterile processing department. Handle the trays, catch the errors, keep the OR happy. Learn by doing.
Cheat-sheet style guides for all 7 domains. Spaulding classification, sterilization parameters, and the stuff people actually miss.
Match 6 germ patients to their treatment machines in a cartoon hospital. Free, fun, and it drills the BI organisms the exam loves.
Play freeThe exam is 150 questions, and every one of them counts the same toward your score. That 5% domain is 7 or 8 questions, and 7 questions is the difference between passing and paying to retake. We teach every domain like it decides your result, because it does.
Microbiology, PPE, manual and mechanical cleaning, high-level disinfection, water quality.
Instrument inspection, assembly, wrapping techniques, rigid containers, labeling.
Steam and low-temp sterilization, cycle phases, biological and chemical indicators.
Workflow, regulations, documentation, quality assurance, safety.
Event-related sterility, FIFO rotation, environmental controls, distribution.
Communication, teamwork, ethics, continuing education.
Equipment processing, tracking, distribution workflow.
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Hospitals need people to clean and sterilize surgical instruments so every operation is safe. The CRCST is the certification that proves a person knows how to do that job right.
1000, each with a plain-English explanation and a note on the trap the question tests, organized by the 7 HSPA exam domains and weighted to match the real exam.
HSPA periodically publishes certification statistics, but there is no official pass rate we can cite with confidence. What is certain: a meaningful share of candidates fail on the first attempt. Focused practice on the three heaviest domains (decontamination, prep and packaging, sterilization) covers 63% of the exam.
No. CRCST Exam Prep is an independent study platform and a FunPrep course. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association.
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