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