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Job Description

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2055.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 46,800.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 22.00
Currently, there are 105,720 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Surgical Technologists”.

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Tasks for “Certified Surgical Technician”

Order surgical supplies.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

Related Technology & Tools

Insufflators
Adjustable height instrument tables
Electrosurgical monitors
Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM diagnostic medical printers
Spark-gap electrosurgical units
Coronary bypass pumps
Microscopes
Instrument positioning equipment
Electronic blood pressure cuffs
Autologous blood recovery systems
Craniotome drills
Tracheostomy tubes
Cholangiocath catheters
Surgical drills
Autoclaves
Surgical drapes
Personal digital assistants PDA
Dermatome blades
Digital electrosurgical units
Suturing kits
Hemorrhoidal circular staplers
Neurotome drills
Surgical elevators
Doppler ultrasound equipment
Foot-operated suction units
Central venous catheters
Washer sanitizers
Smoke evacuators
Tourniquets
Kleinert-Kutz elevators
Instrument tables
Robotic manipulators
Cell savers
Ethylene oxide sterilizers
Cryo units
Retractors
Scalpels
Medical imagining laser printers
Venodynes
Notebook computers
Fiber optic luminators
Linear staplers
Pulmonary resuscitators
Pneumatic tourniquets
Surgical forceps
Medical image database systems
Laparoscopes
Motorized lift tables
Suturing needle forceps
Eye lasers
Orthopedic arm boards with drains
Warm air blankets
Fracture tables
Wound drains
Surgical lasers
Nerve stimulators
Eye magnets
Surgical robots
Fluoroscopy equipment
Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
Argon beam coagulators
Surgical dilators
Surgical aspirators
Thermal cautery units
Surgical navigation systems
Syringes
Surgical clamps
Washer sterilizers
Surgical drains
Hyper/hypothermia units
Anesthesia machines
Electrocautery equipment
Ring stands
Surgical stapling equipment
Suture needles
Surgical tubing or irrigation tubing
Surgical retractors
Intraluminal staplers
Graspers
Manual blood pressure units
Suction machines
Steri-vac aeration cabinets
Lithotripters
Video cassette recorders VCR
Autotransfusion systems
Remote manipulation robots
Personal computers
Skin staplers
Endoscopic vein harvesting equipment
Minidriver drills
Cardiac leg wedges
Surgical probes
Tablet computers
Defibrillators
Portable suction units
Cavitrons
Needle holders
Stretchers
Orthopedic drills
Lab specimen containers
Robotic arms
Electrosurgical grounding pads
Sterad machines
Ohio suction units
Air driver drills
Voice activated surgical systems
Mayo stands
Sternal saws
X ray machines
Continuous suction machines
Endoscopic camera/video systems
Blood/fluid warmers
Wheelchairs
Surgical robotics equipment
Flash autoclaves
Vacuum extractors
Surgical dissectors
Cryo-ophthalmic units
Intestinal stapling devices
Ultrasonic cleaners
Electrosurgical units
Desktop computers
Surgical pneumatic drills
Dermatomes
Master control units or manipulators
Endoscopy equipment
Internal mammary artery IMA retractors
Loupes
Slow suction units
Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
Cardiovascular stents
Chest drains
Positioning equipment

Word processing software
Microsoft Office
Database software
Supply documentation software
Microsoft Excel
Patient tracking software
Patient scheduling software
Email software
Graphics software
Microsoft Word
Surgery workflow communication software
Internet browser software
PracticeWorks Systems Kodak WINOMS CS
Nursing documentation software
Microsoft Windows
Electronic medical record EMR software