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Job Description

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2055.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 46,800.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 22.00
Currently, there are 105,720 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Surgical Technologists”.

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Tasks for “Operating Room Surgical Technician (OR St)”

Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Order surgical supplies.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.

Related Technology & Tools

Wound drains
Linear staplers
Surgical dilators
Mayo stands
Endoscopic vein harvesting equipment
Autotransfusion systems
Sternal saws
Desktop computers
Surgical robots
Central venous catheters
Thermal cautery units
Warm air blankets
Surgical drains
Foot-operated suction units
Surgical clamps
Ethylene oxide sterilizers
Adjustable height instrument tables
Minidriver drills
Cryo-ophthalmic units
Ultrasonic cleaners
Ring stands
Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM diagnostic medical printers
Loupes
Electronic blood pressure cuffs
Electrocautery equipment
Surgical lasers
Motorized lift tables
Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
Needle holders
Surgical stapling equipment
Vacuum extractors
Cavitrons
Venodynes
Suturing needle forceps
Continuous suction machines
Fracture tables
Wheelchairs
Ohio suction units
Pulmonary resuscitators
Internal mammary artery IMA retractors
Instrument positioning equipment
Digital electrosurgical units
Cardiac leg wedges
Surgical probes
Surgical forceps
Intraluminal staplers
Eye magnets
Autologous blood recovery systems
Dermatomes
Tourniquets
Remote manipulation robots
Robotic manipulators
Cell savers
Manual blood pressure units
Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
Electrosurgical grounding pads
Kleinert-Kutz elevators
Personal digital assistants PDA
Surgical drapes
Anesthesia machines
Orthopedic arm boards with drains
Surgical retractors
Hemorrhoidal circular staplers
Stretchers
Washer sanitizers
Tablet computers
Medical image database systems
Notebook computers
Suction machines
Washer sterilizers
Retractors
Tracheostomy tubes
Orthopedic drills
Electrosurgical monitors
Flash autoclaves
Portable suction units
Suture needles
Cholangiocath catheters
Dermatome blades
Syringes
Personal computers
Nerve stimulators
Robotic arms
Insufflators
Suturing kits
Surgical dissectors
Intestinal stapling devices
Pneumatic tourniquets
Autoclaves
Surgical aspirators
Graspers
Microscopes
Sterad machines
Surgical drills
Surgical pneumatic drills
Fluoroscopy equipment
Laparoscopes
Lab specimen containers
Steri-vac aeration cabinets
Master control units or manipulators
Medical imagining laser printers
X ray machines
Coronary bypass pumps
Endoscopic camera/video systems
Argon beam coagulators
Endoscopy equipment
Craniotome drills
Chest drains
Eye lasers
Slow suction units
Instrument tables
Hyper/hypothermia units
Surgical robotics equipment
Surgical navigation systems
Surgical tubing or irrigation tubing
Air driver drills
Blood/fluid warmers
Voice activated surgical systems
Cardiovascular stents
Spark-gap electrosurgical units
Scalpels
Fiber optic luminators
Electrosurgical units
Defibrillators
Lithotripters
Video cassette recorders VCR
Positioning equipment
Smoke evacuators
Neurotome drills
Cryo units
Doppler ultrasound equipment
Surgical elevators
Skin staplers

Supply documentation software
Patient tracking software
Email software
Surgery workflow communication software
Nursing documentation software
Patient scheduling software
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Electronic medical record EMR software
Word processing software
Microsoft Office
Graphics software
PracticeWorks Systems Kodak WINOMS CS
Microsoft Windows
Internet browser software
Database software