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