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