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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 Technologist (OR Tech)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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