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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 Technologist (Surgical Tech)”

Order surgical supplies.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
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.
Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
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.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
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.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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