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The Spaulding Sorter and the flashcards, free, with attribution built in. No account, no tracking of your students beyond a page view count for us. Works in LibGuides, Canvas and any HTML block.

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The short answer

SterileExam publishes two free embeddable tools for sterile processing education: a Spaulding classification sorter with 30 devices and a deck of 13 definition flashcards. Both show the published sentence behind every answer, need no account, collect nothing from visitors, and install with two lines of HTML on any page.

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Nothing is saved off this browser, and there is no account to make.

SterileExam. Every answer shows the sentence from the published standard behind it. Not affiliated with HSPA, and nothing here is collected from you.

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The snippet

<div data-sterileexam="spaulding"></div>
<script async src="https://sterileexam.com/embed.js"></script>

Paste it where the tool should appear. The script tag can go once per page even if you embed both tools. If your platform blocks scripts, the iframe version below works without one.

Iframe alternative
<iframe src="https://sterileexam.com/embed/spaulding" title="Spaulding Sorter by SterileExam" loading="lazy" style="width:100%;border:0;height:520px"></iframe>

What your students see, and what we see

They see the tool, our name and a link back. We see a count of loads per domain, nothing about the person. The attribution line cannot be removed; everything else can be styled.

Tell us where it lives

Optional. We keep a list of libraries and programs using the tools and email you when a tool changes.

Who this is for

  • Health sciences librarians building a guide for a sterile processing or surgical technology program, who want something students can use rather than one more list of links.
  • Program instructors who need a classification drill that cites its source, so a student can check the answer against the actual document instead of trusting a slide.
  • Hospital SPD educators putting a refresher on an internal page for new technicians.

The free version puts one line under the tool: the name of the tool, our name, and a link. That is the entire arrangement. We are not going to pretend it is anything else: that link is how a site with no advertising budget gets found.

There is no paid tier that removes it, and there will not be one. If the credit line is a problem for your institution, the honest answer is to link to the tool page instead, which costs you nothing and works just as well for your students.

What we are not

SterileExam is independent. We are not HSPA, we are not endorsed by HSPA, and we do not sell a training program. The CRCST name appears on this site only to say which exam our material is written against. Every answer in both tools cites a public document, with the date it was read. How the sourcing works.

Questions people ask

Does it work inside LibGuides, WordPress or Canvas?

Anywhere you can paste HTML. It is a div and a script tag, with no framework and no dependencies. In LibGuides that is a Rich Text or Media/Widget box; in WordPress a Custom HTML block; in Canvas the HTML editor of a page.

Does it collect anything from my students?

No. There is no account, no cookie, no login and no form. Progress in the tools lives in the student's own browser and never leaves it. The only thing sent back to us is the hostname of the site the widget is on, so we can count how many sites use it.

Can I remove the attribution line?

No, and there is no paid tier that removes it. The link back is the entire reason we can afford to give the tools away, and we would rather say that plainly than sell a way around it.

Are you affiliated with HSPA?

No. SterileExam is independent, it is not endorsed by or connected to HSPA, and the CRCST name is used only to say which exam the material is written against. The tools cite public documents from the CDC and other published standards, and each answer shows the sentence it comes from.

What happens when the content changes?

The widget updates on its own. It loads from this site, so the day a citation is corrected or a device is added, every site running the widget shows the change without anyone touching their page.

The tools themselves