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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)”

Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
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.
Order surgical supplies.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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