Will “Operating Room Technician” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
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Job Description
Assist surgeons during surgery by performing duties such as tissue retraction, insertion of tubes and intravenous lines, or closure of surgical wounds. Perform preoperative and postoperative duties to facilitate patient care.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2099.07
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Surgical Assistants”.
Also Known As…
- Surgical Assistants
- Surgical Technician (Surgical Tech)
- Surgical Scrub Technician (Surgical Scrub Tech)
- Surgical First Assistant
- Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA)
- Gastrointestinal Technician (GI Technician)
- Certified Surgical Technician
- Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA)
- Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA)
- Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA)
- Certified First Assistant (CFA)
- Surgical Services Assistant
- Surgical Assistant-Certified (SA-C)
- Surgical Assistant
- Surgery Technician
- Operating Room Assistant
- First Assistant
- Assistant-at-Surgery
Tasks for “Operating Room Technician”
- Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.
- Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
- Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies.
- Insert or remove urinary bladder catheters.
- Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.
- Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.
- Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field.
- Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.
- Obtain or inspect sterile or non-sterile surgical equipment, instruments, or supplies.
- Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications.
- Coordinate or participate in the positioning of patients, using body stabilizing equipment or protective padding to provide appropriate exposure for the procedure or to protect against nerve damage or circulation impairment.
- Discuss with surgeon the nature of the surgical procedure, including operative consent, methods of operative exposure, diagnostic or laboratory data, or patient-advanced directives or other needs.
- Monitor patient intra-operative status, including patient position, vital signs, or volume and color of blood.
- Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
- Assist members of surgical team with gowning or gloving.
- Operate sterilizing devices.
- Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
- Verify the identity of patient or operative site.
- Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain.
- Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.
- Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.
- Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers.
- Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.
- Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.
- Assess skin integrity or other body conditions upon completion of the procedure to determine if damage has occurred from body positioning.
- Clamp, ligate, or cauterize blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry, using hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, or electrocautery equipment.
- Transport patients to operating room.
- Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- C-arm tables
- Hospital intercom equipment
- Patient positioning devices
- Intravenous IV sets
- Suture kits
- Surgical razors
- Surgical scalpels
- Desktop computers
- Cauterizing equipment
- Sterile drapes
- Surgical masks
- Surgical retractors
- Ethylene Oxide sterilizers
- Laptop computers
- Powered surgical drills
- Sterile gowns
- Surgical dermatomes
- Pagers
- Laparoscopes
- Cast cutting saws
- Blanket warmer cabinets
- Flash sterilizers
- Endoscopic camera/video systems
- Fluid warmers
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Cardiac monitoring equipment
- Angiocaths
- Argon beam coagulators
- Surgical gloves
- Urinary catheters
- Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
- Pneumatic tourniquets
- Heart pacemakers
- Nerve stimulators
- Body stabilizers
- Subcutaneous injection syringes
- Pressure steam autoclaves
- Eye lasers
- Cell savers
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Head stabilizers
- Surgical trocars
- Suction machines
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Surgical protective goggles
- Surgical robots
- Patient transport stretchers
- Specimen collection containers
- Anesthesia carts
- Hemostat clamps
- Vascular clamps
- Medical image processing printers
- Eye magnets
- Surgical clamps
- Surgical fracture tables
- Mayo stands
- Fiberoptic endoscopes
- Wound drains
- Medical staple kits
- Telethermometers
- Blood warming equipment
- Hypothermia units
- Surgery workflow communication software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Microsoft Excel
- Nursing documentation software
- MEDITECH software
- Patient tracking software
- Patient scheduling software
- Supply documentation software