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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 Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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