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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”

Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
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.
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
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.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
Order surgical supplies.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after 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

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

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