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Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.
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Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
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Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.
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Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.
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Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications.
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Obtain or inspect sterile or non-sterile surgical equipment, instruments, or supplies.
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Coordinate or participate in the positioning of patients, using body stabilizing equipment or protective padding to provide appropriate exposure for the procedure or to protect against nerve damage or circulation impairment.
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Operate sterilizing devices.
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Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.
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Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field.
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Assess skin integrity or other body conditions upon completion of the procedure to determine if damage has occurred from body positioning.
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Verify the identity of patient or operative site.
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Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.
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Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
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Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain.
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Assist members of surgical team with gowning or gloving.
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Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies.
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Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.
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Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.
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Monitor patient intra-operative status, including patient position, vital signs, or volume and color of blood.
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Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
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Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers.
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Insert or remove urinary bladder catheters.
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Transport patients to operating room.
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Clamp, ligate, or cauterize blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry, using hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, or electrocautery equipment.
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Discuss with surgeon the nature of the surgical procedure, including operative consent, methods of operative exposure, diagnostic or laboratory data, or patient-advanced directives or other needs.
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Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.
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Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.