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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 Technologist (Surgical Tech)”

Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
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.
Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
Order surgical supplies.
Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
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.
Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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