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“Operating Room Surgical Technician (OR St)” 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 “Operating Room Surgical Technician (OR St)”

Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Order surgical supplies.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
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.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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