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