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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)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Nursing documentation software
Database software
Email software
Patient tracking software
Surgery workflow communication software
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Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Electronic medical record EMR software
Microsoft Office
Graphics software
Patient scheduling software
Word processing software
Supply documentation software