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