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