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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”.
Also Known As…
- Surgical Technologists
- Surgical Technologist (Surgical Tech)
- Surgical Technician
- Surgical Scrub Technologist (Surgical Scrub Tech)
- Operating Room Technologist (OR Tech)
- Operating Room Technician (OR Tech)
- Operating Room Surgical Technician (OR St)
- Certified Surgical Technologist (CST)
- Certified Surgical Technician
- Certified Surgical Tech/First Assistant
- Surgical Scrub Technician
- Surgical Orderly
- Surgery Technician (Surgery Tech)
- Surgeon's Assistant
- Scrub Technician
- Operating Room Surgical Technologist
- Anesthesia Technician
Tasks for “Surgical Scrub Technician”
- Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
- Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
- Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
- Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
- Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
- Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
- Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
- Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
- 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.
- Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
- Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
- Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
- 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.
- Order surgical supplies.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laparoscopes
- Medical image database systems
- Dermatomes
- Vacuum extractors
- Intestinal stapling devices
- Surgical drills
- Tourniquets
- Instrument tables
- Surgical stapling equipment
- Robotic manipulators
- Voice activated surgical systems
- Spark-gap electrosurgical units
- Dermatome blades
- Neurotome drills
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Electrocautery equipment
- Venodynes
- Electronic blood pressure cuffs
- Pneumatic tourniquets
- Fracture tables
- Lab specimen containers
- Personal computers
- Defibrillators
- Surgical robotics equipment
- Wound drains
- Minidriver drills
- Endoscopic vein harvesting equipment
- Eye magnets
- Surgical dilators
- Desktop computers
- Doppler ultrasound equipment
- Steri-vac aeration cabinets
- Positioning equipment
- Surgical retractors
- Graspers
- Microscopes
- Ethylene oxide sterilizers
- Suturing kits
- Fluoroscopy equipment
- Flash autoclaves
- Orthopedic arm boards with drains
- Coronary bypass pumps
- Pulmonary resuscitators
- Foot-operated suction units
- Electrosurgical units
- Blood/fluid warmers
- Craniotome drills
- Surgical aspirators
- Surgical drapes
- Medical imagining laser printers
- Remote manipulation robots
- Tracheostomy tubes
- Lithotripters
- Loupes
- Continuous suction machines
- Motorized lift tables
- Nerve stimulators
- Central venous catheters
- Suction machines
- Tablet computers
- Thermal cautery units
- Manual blood pressure units
- Sterad machines
- Video cassette recorders VCR
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Surgical navigation systems
- Surgical drains
- Scalpels
- Slow suction units
- Ring stands
- Cardiac leg wedges
- X ray machines
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Instrument positioning equipment
- Linear staplers
- Suture needles
- Intraluminal staplers
- Endoscopy equipment
- Portable suction units
- Retractors
- Needle holders
- Autoclaves
- Internal mammary artery IMA retractors
- Surgical dissectors
- Cholangiocath catheters
- Cell savers
- Surgical probes
- Robotic arms
- Wheelchairs
- Cryo-ophthalmic units
- Surgical pneumatic drills
- Notebook computers
- Master control units or manipulators
- Surgical robots
- Mayo stands
- Surgical elevators
- Hemorrhoidal circular staplers
- Skin staplers
- Surgical tubing or irrigation tubing
- Washer sanitizers
- Air driver drills
- Washer sterilizers
- Hyper/hypothermia units
- Smoke evacuators
- Sternal saws
- Anesthesia machines
- Adjustable height instrument tables
- Orthopedic drills
- Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM diagnostic medical printers
- Eye lasers
- Electrosurgical monitors
- Autotransfusion systems
- Cardiovascular stents
- Warm air blankets
- Chest drains
- Surgical lasers
- Kleinert-Kutz elevators
- Stretchers
- Cryo units
- Suturing needle forceps
- Ohio suction units
- Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
- Cavitrons
- Argon beam coagulators
- Endoscopic camera/video systems
- Electrosurgical grounding pads
- Syringes
- Digital electrosurgical units
- Autologous blood recovery systems
- Surgical clamps
- Fiber optic luminators
- Surgical forceps
- Insufflators
- Microsoft Windows
- Word processing software
- Patient tracking software
- Database software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Nursing documentation software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Surgery workflow communication software
- Patient scheduling software
- PracticeWorks Systems Kodak WINOMS CS
- Microsoft Word
- Internet browser software
- Email software
- Supply documentation software
- Graphics software