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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 “Surgical Scrub Technologist (Surgical Scrub Tech)”

Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
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.
Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
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.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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