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”
- Assess skin integrity or other body conditions upon completion of the procedure to determine if damage has occurred from body positioning.
- Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.
- 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.
- Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field.
- Verify the identity of patient or operative site.
- Transport patients to operating room.
- Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.
- Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers.
- Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.
- Monitor patient intra-operative status, including patient position, vital signs, or volume and color of blood.
- Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.
- Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
- Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
- Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
- Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.
- Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies.
- Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.
- Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.
- Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain.
- Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.
- 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.
- Assist members of surgical team with gowning or gloving.
- Obtain or inspect sterile or non-sterile surgical equipment, instruments, or supplies.
- Operate sterilizing devices.
- Clamp, ligate, or cauterize blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry, using hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, or electrocautery equipment.
- Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications.
- Insert or remove urinary bladder catheters.
- Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
- Pagers
- Ethylene Oxide sterilizers
- Hospital intercom equipment
- Pneumatic tourniquets
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Patient positioning devices
- Cardiac monitoring equipment
- Surgical trocars
- Mayo stands
- Flash sterilizers
- C-arm tables
- Cauterizing equipment
- Argon beam coagulators
- Medical image processing printers
- Surgical protective goggles
- Specimen collection containers
- Endoscopic camera/video systems
- Subcutaneous injection syringes
- Surgical fracture tables
- Fiberoptic endoscopes
- Surgical clamps
- Sterile gowns
- Fluid warmers
- Pressure steam autoclaves
- Medical staple kits
- Laparoscopes
- Laptop computers
- Sterile drapes
- Hemostat clamps
- Surgical masks
- Powered surgical drills
- Eye magnets
- Heart pacemakers
- Cast cutting saws
- Surgical razors
- Surgical retractors
- Surgical robots
- Suture kits
- Surgical scalpels
- Urinary catheters
- Angiocaths
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Blood warming equipment
- Suction machines
- Desktop computers
- Surgical gloves
- Hypothermia units
- Vascular clamps
- Anesthesia carts
- Blanket warmer cabinets
- Body stabilizers
- Nerve stimulators
- Surgical dermatomes
- Wound drains
- Head stabilizers
- Patient transport stretchers
- Eye lasers
- Cell savers
- Intravenous IV sets
- Telethermometers
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Patient tracking software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Supply documentation software
- Microsoft Excel
- Nursing documentation software
- MEDITECH software
- Surgery workflow communication software
- Patient scheduling software