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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 “Surgical Orderly”

Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
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.
Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
Order surgical supplies.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Windows
Electronic medical record EMR software
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