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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)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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