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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”.
Also Known As…
- Surgical Technologists
- Surgical Technologist (Surgical Tech)
- Surgical Technician
- Surgical Scrub Technologist (Surgical Scrub Tech)
- Surgical Scrub Technician
- Operating Room Technologist (OR Tech)
- Operating Room Technician (OR Tech)
- Operating Room Surgical Technician (OR St)
- Certified Surgical Technologist (CST)
- Certified Surgical Technician
- Certified Surgical Tech/First Assistant
- Surgical Orderly
- Surgery Technician (Surgery Tech)
- Surgeon's Assistant
- Operating Room Surgical Technologist
- Anesthesia Technician
Tasks for “Scrub Technician”
- Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
- Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
- 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.
- Order surgical supplies.
- Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
- Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
- Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
- Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
- Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
- Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
- Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
- 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.
- Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
- Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Related Technology & Tools
- Fracture tables
- Endoscopic vein harvesting equipment
- Orthopedic arm boards with drains
- Wheelchairs
- Anesthesia machines
- Adjustable height instrument tables
- Instrument tables
- Notebook computers
- Thermal cautery units
- Hyper/hypothermia units
- Surgical lasers
- Fluoroscopy equipment
- Positioning equipment
- Flash autoclaves
- Continuous suction machines
- Autologous blood recovery systems
- Electrosurgical units
- Chest drains
- Eye magnets
- Digital electrosurgical units
- Electrocautery equipment
- Stretchers
- Endoscopic camera/video systems
- Orthopedic drills
- Kleinert-Kutz elevators
- Graspers
- Eye lasers
- Fiber optic luminators
- Remote manipulation robots
- Spark-gap electrosurgical units
- Cryo-ophthalmic units
- Endoscopy equipment
- Suturing needle forceps
- Cholangiocath catheters
- Defibrillators
- Suturing kits
- Surgical dissectors
- X ray machines
- Air driver drills
- Cell savers
- Surgical drills
- Ohio suction units
- Tracheostomy tubes
- Neurotome drills
- Medical imagining laser printers
- Wound drains
- Intraluminal staplers
- Ethylene oxide sterilizers
- Surgical drapes
- Slow suction units
- Surgical dilators
- Desktop computers
- Foot-operated suction units
- Minidriver drills
- Laparoscopes
- Venodynes
- Surgical navigation systems
- Vacuum extractors
- Autotransfusion systems
- Cavitrons
- Surgical tubing or irrigation tubing
- Electrosurgical grounding pads
- Scalpels
- Washer sterilizers
- Insufflators
- Skin staplers
- Surgical drains
- Sternal saws
- Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
- Surgical stapling equipment
- Surgical elevators
- Lab specimen containers
- Syringes
- Voice activated surgical systems
- Motorized lift tables
- Steri-vac aeration cabinets
- Pulmonary resuscitators
- Sterad machines
- Craniotome drills
- Manual blood pressure units
- Linear staplers
- Loupes
- Warm air blankets
- Argon beam coagulators
- Hemorrhoidal circular staplers
- Suture needles
- Surgical retractors
- Pneumatic tourniquets
- Electronic blood pressure cuffs
- Surgical robots
- Robotic arms
- Portable suction units
- Suction machines
- Ring stands
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Medical image database systems
- Washer sanitizers
- Tourniquets
- Cardiovascular stents
- Autoclaves
- Cardiac leg wedges
- Nerve stimulators
- Microscopes
- Smoke evacuators
- Surgical pneumatic drills
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Tablet computers
- Blood/fluid warmers
- Retractors
- Surgical probes
- Instrument positioning equipment
- Needle holders
- Dermatome blades
- Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM diagnostic medical printers
- Personal computers
- Master control units or manipulators
- Video cassette recorders VCR
- Surgical forceps
- Internal mammary artery IMA retractors
- Central venous catheters
- Surgical robotics equipment
- Surgical aspirators
- Robotic manipulators
- Cryo units
- Surgical clamps
- Lithotripters
- Dermatomes
- Intestinal stapling devices
- Doppler ultrasound equipment
- Coronary bypass pumps
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Mayo stands
- Electrosurgical monitors
- Microsoft Office
- Word processing software
- Patient tracking software
- PracticeWorks Systems Kodak WINOMS CS
- Graphics software
- Database software
- Microsoft Windows
- Patient scheduling software
- Email software
- Nursing documentation software
- Microsoft Excel
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Microsoft Word
- Internet browser software
- Surgery workflow communication software
- Supply documentation software