Terhi Leppänen

Medical equipment service technician, hygiene manager

I graduated from the Institute of Health Care in 2005 and since my graduation I have been working as a medical equipment service technician. I have worked in the medical equipment service centre of Hatanpää, in the Coxa Hospital for Joint Replacement, and for the last 11 years in Tays Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic.

I specialise in dental instrument servicing and I have been teaching medical equipment service technicians in Tredu for several years, and also dental nurses for one year. In Tays, I have trained the staff for dental instrument servicing. In Hatanpää hospital I have also trained dental hygienists. Furthermore, I have prepared online teaching materials in collaboration with the board of education.