Will “Certified Surgical Technologist (CST)” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

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“Certified Surgical Technologist (CST)” will probably not be replaced by robots.

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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 Technologist (CST)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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