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