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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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