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)”
- Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.
- Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers.
- Transport patients to operating room.
- Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
- Operate sterilizing devices.
- Verify the identity of patient or operative site.
- Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.
- Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.
- Assist members of surgical team with gowning or gloving.
- Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.
- 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.
- Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.
- Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies.
- Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.
- Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field.
- Obtain or inspect sterile or non-sterile surgical equipment, instruments, or supplies.
- Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain.
- Assess skin integrity or other body conditions upon completion of the procedure to determine if damage has occurred from body positioning.
- Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.
- Insert or remove urinary bladder catheters.
- 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.
- Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.
- Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.
- Monitor patient intra-operative status, including patient position, vital signs, or volume and color of blood.
- 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.
- Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
- Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications.
Related Technology & Tools
- Surgical gloves
- Surgical masks
- Hospital intercom equipment
- Surgical razors
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Suture kits
- Telethermometers
- Fluid warmers
- Endoscopic camera/video systems
- Urinary catheters
- Cast cutting saws
- Patient transport stretchers
- Eye magnets
- Ethylene Oxide sterilizers
- Cauterizing equipment
- Personal computers
- Sterile gowns
- Vascular clamps
- Pressure steam autoclaves
- Sterile drapes
- Suction machines
- Powered surgical drills
- Surgical fracture tables
- Head stabilizers
- Surgical dermatomes
- Laptop computers
- Nerve stimulators
- Surgical trocars
- Eye lasers
- Body stabilizers
- Pagers
- Specimen collection containers
- Blood warming equipment
- Laparoscopes
- Mayo stands
- Surgical scalpels
- Wound drains
- Medical staple kits
- Flash sterilizers
- Cardiac monitoring equipment
- Anesthesia carts
- Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
- Patient positioning devices
- Surgical robots
- C-arm tables
- Blanket warmer cabinets
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Surgical retractors
- Heart pacemakers
- Surgical clamps
- Fiberoptic endoscopes
- Angiocaths
- Hypothermia units
- Hemostat clamps
- Medical image processing printers
- Surgical protective goggles
- Desktop computers
- Cell savers
- Pneumatic tourniquets
- Intravenous IV sets
- Subcutaneous injection syringes
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Argon beam coagulators
- Nursing documentation software
- Surgery workflow communication software
- Microsoft Excel
- MEDITECH software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Patient scheduling software
- Supply documentation software
- Patient tracking software