Will “Surgical Technologists” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
34% Chance of Automation
“Surgical Technologists” will probably not be replaced by robots.
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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
Also Known As…
- Surgical Technologist (Surgical Tech)
- Surgical Technician
- 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 Orderly
- Surgery Technician (Surgery Tech)
- Surgeon's Assistant
- Scrub Technician
- Operating Room Surgical Technologist
- Anesthesia Technician
Tasks for “Surgical Technologists”
- Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
- Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
- 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 files and records of surgical procedures.
- Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
- Order surgical supplies.
- Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
- Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
- Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
- Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
- Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
- Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
- Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
- Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
- Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
- Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
Related Technology & Tools
- Surgical aspirators
- Nerve stimulators
- Tablet computers
- Surgical dissectors
- Anesthesia machines
- Surgical elevators
- Cell savers
- Microscopes
- Tracheostomy tubes
- Coronary bypass pumps
- Instrument positioning equipment
- Cavitrons
- Surgical drains
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Intraluminal staplers
- Pulmonary resuscitators
- Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
- Minidriver drills
- Portable suction units
- Hemorrhoidal circular staplers
- Washer sanitizers
- Chest drains
- Motorized lift tables
- Loupes
- Argon beam coagulators
- Thermal cautery units
- Syringes
- Ring stands
- Eye lasers
- Central venous catheters
- Continuous suction machines
- Surgical stapling equipment
- Mayo stands
- Slow suction units
- Cryo units
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Craniotome drills
- Suturing kits
- Autoclaves
- Notebook computers
- Fiber optic luminators
- Wheelchairs
- Surgical tubing or irrigation tubing
- Kleinert-Kutz elevators
- Manual blood pressure units
- Graspers
- Surgical pneumatic drills
- Sternal saws
- Surgical forceps
- Cholangiocath catheters
- Voice activated surgical systems
- Remote manipulation robots
- Insufflators
- X ray machines
- Scalpels
- Robotic manipulators
- Pneumatic tourniquets
- Vacuum extractors
- Surgical robots
- Cardiovascular stents
- Positioning equipment
- Spark-gap electrosurgical units
- Video cassette recorders VCR
- Autologous blood recovery systems
- Neurotome drills
- Suction machines
- Lab specimen containers
- Wound drains
- Defibrillators
- Flash autoclaves
- Fluoroscopy equipment
- Dermatomes
- Needle holders
- Master control units or manipulators
- Personal computers
- Surgical probes
- Electrosurgical grounding pads
- Ohio suction units
- Sterad machines
- Adjustable height instrument tables
- Desktop computers
- Surgical lasers
- Orthopedic arm boards with drains
- Tourniquets
- Dermatome blades
- Electronic blood pressure cuffs
- Venodynes
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Linear staplers
- Robotic arms
- Surgical clamps
- Cryo-ophthalmic units
- Warm air blankets
- Air driver drills
- Blood/fluid warmers
- Orthopedic drills
- Digital electrosurgical units
- Intestinal stapling devices
- Endoscopic camera/video systems
- Lithotripters
- Surgical drapes
- Medical imagining laser printers
- Hyper/hypothermia units
- Suture needles
- Retractors
- Eye magnets
- Internal mammary artery IMA retractors
- Laparoscopes
- Electrosurgical units
- Electrosurgical monitors
- Electrocautery equipment
- Surgical navigation systems
- Fracture tables
- Steri-vac aeration cabinets
- Suturing needle forceps
- Smoke evacuators
- Autotransfusion systems
- Endoscopy equipment
- Surgical robotics equipment
- Ethylene oxide sterilizers
- Stretchers
- Doppler ultrasound equipment
- Medical image database systems
- Surgical retractors
- Skin staplers
- Endoscopic vein harvesting equipment
- Cardiac leg wedges
- Instrument tables
- Washer sterilizers
- Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM diagnostic medical printers
- Surgical dilators
- Foot-operated suction units
- Surgical drills
- Microsoft Excel
- Patient tracking software
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
- Email software
- Graphics software
- Internet browser software
- Microsoft Windows
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- PracticeWorks Systems Kodak WINOMS CS
- Database software
- Surgery workflow communication software
- Supply documentation software
- Nursing documentation software
- Microsoft Office
- Patient scheduling software