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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 Technician (OR Tech)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Surgery workflow communication software
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Database software
Internet browser software
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Graphics software
Word processing software
Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Excel
Supply documentation software
Electronic medical record EMR software
Patient scheduling software