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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 Technician”

Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
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.
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.
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during 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.
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 a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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