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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 “Surgery Technician (Surgery Tech)”

Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
Maintain a proper sterile field during 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.
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Order surgical supplies.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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