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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)”

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.
Order surgical supplies.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
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.
Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
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.
Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Nursing documentation software
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
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Microsoft Windows
Electronic medical record EMR software