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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)”

Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Order surgical supplies.
Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
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.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
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.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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