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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 Scrub Technician”

Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
Order surgical supplies.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
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.
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.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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