Key Access Institute, LLC

Distinctions

Key Access Institute, LLC has Earned the Following Distinctions

Accreditations

	Better Business Bureau A Better Business Bureau (BBB) Accredited Business since 2009.

Approvals

	Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) Key Access Institute, LLC is a TWC approved career school since January 11^th, 2011.
	American Board of Surgical Assistants (ABSA) KAI’s Surgical First Assistant Key Program has been approved by the ABSA as an Approved ABSA Training Program since November 23^rd, 2011.
	National Surgical Assistant Association (NSAA) KAI is a National Surgical Assistant Association (NSAA) Approved Educational Program."

Certifications

	The Joint Commission Key Surgical Assistants of Texas, a division of Key Access Institute, LLC, is a Joint Commission certified surgical assistant staffing business since June 29, 2011.

School Affiliations

KAI has a network of affiliations with facilities through which our students may complete the Third Evolution (Clinical Rotation and Laboratory Work) of the Surgical First Assistant Key Program. Click on the name of the affiliation to be directed to their website.

	The Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation & Education (MITIE) KAI earned an affiliation with The Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation & Education (MITIE) on January 24, 2012. MITIE is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art education and research center at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.
	SPARS Surgical Center KAI earned an affiliation with SPARS Surgical Center on March 1^st, 2012.
	Houston Orthopedic & Spine Hospital KAI earned an affiliation with Houston Orthopedic & Spine Hospital on April 25^th, 2012.
	St. Joseph Medical Center KAI earned an affiliation with St. Joseph Medical Center on June 7^th, 2012.

Esteemed Professionals

Key Surgical Assistants of Texas (KSAT), a staffing division of Key Access Institute, LLC, prides itself on employing Surgical Assistants who are licensed and/or certified by national and state governing bodies, and who practice according to industry standards.

Achieving licensure is a professionally time-intensive process. Maintaining that distinction requires, among other things, that LSA’s are of good moral character and have not had a license or certification revoked. All licensed individuals must also be current with their certifications by national governing bodies.

Approved national bodies that mandate certification for Surgical Assistants include:

Governing bodies that mandate licensing for Surgical Assistants vary per state and per educational background of the Surgical Assistant.

In the state of Texas, Surgical Assistants who come from an allied health background are licensed by the Texas Medical Board (TMB).
Surgical Assistants who come from a nursing background, called Registered Nurse First Assistants (RNFA’s) are licensed through the Texas Board of Nursing.