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