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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 “Operating Room Surgical Technician (OR St)”

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.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
Order surgical supplies.
Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
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.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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