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