DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
EDR 2 - Headwaters	N/A	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minnesota	1,310	236	$21.60/hr	$0.28/hr	$16.94/hr	$19.57/hr	$21.97/hr	$24.15/hr	$25.72/hr
U S	56,900	967	$19.35/hr	$0.12/hr	$12.98/hr	$15.13/hr	$18.32/hr	$22.82/hr	$27.85/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Other Regional Data For Medical Equipment Preparers Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change  -  EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 690 $22.31/hr N/A EDR 3 - Arrowhead 90 $19.40/hr N/A EDR 7W- Central 70 $22.41/hr N/A EDR 5 - North Central 20 $18.72/hr N/A EDR 9 - South Central 20 $20.89/hr N/A EDR 4 - West Central 20 $15.98/hr N/A EDR 7E- East Central N/A N/A N/A EDR 1 - Northwest N/A N/A N/A EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A N/A N/A EDR 2 - Headwaters N/A N/A N/A EDR 6E- Southwest Central N/A $18.45/hr N/A EDR 10 - Southeast N/A $22.25/hr N/A

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• Examines equipment to detect leaks, worn or loose parts, or other indications of disrepair.
• Delivers equipment to specified hospital location or to patient's private residence.
• Maintains inventory and equipment usage records.
• Connects equipment to water source and flushes water through system to purge equipment of wastes.
• Disinfects, and sterilizes equipment, such as respirators, hospital beds, and wheelchairs, and oxygen and dialysis equipment, using cleansing and sterilizing solutions.
• Installs and sets up equipment, using hand tools.
• Starts equipment and observes gauges and equipment operation to detect malfunctions and assure equipment is operating to prescribed standards.