Will “Surgical Scrub Technician (Surgical Scrub Tech)” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
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Job Description
Assist surgeons during surgery by performing duties such as tissue retraction, insertion of tubes and intravenous lines, or closure of surgical wounds. Perform preoperative and postoperative duties to facilitate patient care.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2099.07
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Surgical Assistants”.
Also Known As…
- Surgical Assistants
- Surgical Technician (Surgical Tech)
- Surgical First Assistant
- Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA)
- Gastrointestinal Technician (GI Technician)
- Certified Surgical Technician
- Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA)
- Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA)
- Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA)
- Certified First Assistant (CFA)
- Surgical Services Assistant
- Surgical Scrub Technician (Surgical Scrub Tech)
- Surgical Assistant-Certified (SA-C)
- Surgical Assistant
- Surgery Technician
- Operating Room Technician
- Operating Room Assistant
- First Assistant
- Assistant-at-Surgery
Tasks for “Surgical Scrub Technician (Surgical Scrub Tech)”
- Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications.
- Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers.
- Verify the identity of patient or operative site.
- Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.
- Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.
- Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.
- Assist members of surgical team with gowning or gloving.
- Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.
- Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.
- Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain.
- Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
- Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies.
- Obtain or inspect sterile or non-sterile surgical equipment, instruments, or supplies.
- Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.
- Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.
- Discuss with surgeon the nature of the surgical procedure, including operative consent, methods of operative exposure, diagnostic or laboratory data, or patient-advanced directives or other needs.
- Operate sterilizing devices.
- Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field.
- Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.
- Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.
- Transport patients to operating room.
- Assess skin integrity or other body conditions upon completion of the procedure to determine if damage has occurred from body positioning.
- Insert or remove urinary bladder catheters.
- Monitor patient intra-operative status, including patient position, vital signs, or volume and color of blood.
- Clamp, ligate, or cauterize blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry, using hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, or electrocautery equipment.
- Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
- Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
- Coordinate or participate in the positioning of patients, using body stabilizing equipment or protective padding to provide appropriate exposure for the procedure or to protect against nerve damage or circulation impairment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Surgical scalpels
- Powered surgical drills
- Flash sterilizers
- Surgical fracture tables
- Pagers
- Body stabilizers
- Surgical retractors
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Hospital intercom equipment
- Cardiac monitoring equipment
- Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
- Sterile drapes
- Surgical razors
- Vascular clamps
- Blood warming equipment
- Head stabilizers
- Patient positioning devices
- Ethylene Oxide sterilizers
- Angiocaths
- Suction machines
- Laparoscopes
- Surgical robots
- Pressure steam autoclaves
- Pneumatic tourniquets
- Sterile gowns
- Telethermometers
- Personal computers
- Intravenous IV sets
- Fluid warmers
- Hypothermia units
- Anesthesia carts
- Cast cutting saws
- C-arm tables
- Wound drains
- Fiberoptic endoscopes
- Surgical dermatomes
- Blanket warmer cabinets
- Surgical protective goggles
- Endoscopic camera/video systems
- Cell savers
- Surgical masks
- Patient transport stretchers
- Cauterizing equipment
- Specimen collection containers
- Subcutaneous injection syringes
- Suture kits
- Mayo stands
- Medical staple kits
- Argon beam coagulators
- Eye magnets
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Laptop computers
- Nerve stimulators
- Eye lasers
- Desktop computers
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Surgical clamps
- Heart pacemakers
- Hemostat clamps
- Surgical gloves
- Medical image processing printers
- Surgical trocars
- Urinary catheters
- Patient tracking software
- Nursing documentation software
- Supply documentation software
- Microsoft Excel
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Patient scheduling software
- MEDITECH software
- Surgery workflow communication software