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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)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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