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