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