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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 Technologist (OR Tech)”

Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
Order surgical supplies.
Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
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.
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.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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