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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)”

Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Order surgical supplies.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
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.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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