Nov. 9 - DEED Awards Training Grant for Fairview Health Services

ST. PAUL – Nearly 300 employees at Fairview Health Services in the Twin Cities will receive certification training for sterile processing of medical equipment and supplies under a $178,530 grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).

The funding was awarded through the agency’s Minnesota Job Skills Partnership (MJSP). Anoka Technical College will provide training in the three-year program.

“Fairview Health Services technicians will be at the forefront of sterile processing in the state, and improved patient safety will result from this certification training,” said Dan McElroy, DEED commissioner and MJSP board chair. “Anoka Technical College will expand its newly acquired sterile processing training to other area heath care service providers.”

Anoka Technical College will collaborate with Fairview Health Services to deliver sterile processing certification training to 130 technicians. This 100-hour course will include lectures, lab and clinical work in preparation for a certification examination. Another 168 employees will take a 20-hour surgical technology refresher course at the college to help prepare for a certification examination for surgical technologists.

For more information on the grant, contact Kathy Shaffer, Anoka Technical College, at 763-576-4955 or KShaffer@anokatech.edu .

The MJSP offers technical, financial and job training assistance to businesses, communities, educational institutions and workers. The board brings businesses with specific training needs together with educational institutions to design customized training programs. Please see www.PositivelyMinnesota.com for additional information.

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