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Steps to Successful Enrollment

Please follow the instructions below and gather the appropriate documents before you complete your online application. You must be 18 to apply.

Program Instructions

If you haven’t done so yet, you must be a current CCD student to enroll in the Sterile Processing program. The CCD application is free. Please select certificate, area of interest is Health Sciences and Sterile Processing Technology certificate as the option when applying. 

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You must attend an SP information session. Held on the first Thursday of every month at 4 p.m.

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Self-assessment is not accepted.  You have several options to determine your placement in this program, and we must have both English and math competency levels. Review the options you have to determine your course placement by visiting the Testing Center and reading the information on how to submit these documents on that webpage link. You can use ACT/SAT scores (taken within the past five years), Accuplacer exams for math and English, or official transcripts showing previous college-level math and English classes. You will also have the opportunity to upload a copy of your unofficial transcript into the application.

  CCD's Surgical Technology program requires that a background check and drug screen be completed prior to your admittance into the program.

  No history of criminal offenses; please read the CCCS list of disqualifying offenses.

You may order the background check and drug screen at the Colorado Community College System’s CastleBranch website. Once your order is complete, we will collect your receipt, and CCD’s Human Resources will be in contact with us upon your approval/denial. You do not need to wait until you have the results from the background screening before you proceed with the application. You will be contacted by the program administrator upon approval/denial.

Once you have these forms completed, please scan and save the documents to your computer. Then submit your accompanying forms as attachments to our online application.

  • Placement test or previous ACT/SAT scores
  • Background Check and Drug Screen
  • Complete medical history record 
  •  A negative Tuberculosis (TB) skin test OR QuantiFERON (QFT) Gold test OR clear chest x-ray image; 
  •  Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine;
  •  Varicella vaccine;
  •  Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Tdap) vaccine;
  •  Flu vaccine; The seasonal flu vaccine is only required of applicants applying to the program between the months of October through March;
  •  Hepatitis B vaccine; You must have the initial dose of the three-dose series to begin the program;
  •  COVID-19 vaccine; You must have the initial dose of the two-dose series to begin the program.

Contact your primary care physician to obtain records for previous vaccinations. You can learn more about each vaccine and test requirement on the Auraria Health Center website. The Health Center can help you obtain any vaccines or tests you may need and provide the required records above.

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