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”
- Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
- Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
- Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
- Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
- Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
- Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
- Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
- Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
- Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
- Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
- Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
- Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
- 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.
- Order surgical supplies.
- Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
Related Technology & Tools
- Surgical stapling equipment
- Cholangiocath catheters
- Instrument positioning equipment
- Electrosurgical monitors
- Hyper/hypothermia units
- Linear staplers
- Surgical robots
- Stretchers
- Autoclaves
- Laparoscopes
- Washer sanitizers
- Surgical retractors
- Doppler ultrasound equipment
- Instrument tables
- Digital electrosurgical units
- Suturing kits
- Electrosurgical units
- Surgical elevators
- Wound drains
- Portable suction units
- Tablet computers
- Washer sterilizers
- Personal computers
- Graspers
- Cavitrons
- Adjustable height instrument tables
- Endoscopic camera/video systems
- Sternal saws
- Ring stands
- Intestinal stapling devices
- Air driver drills
- Minidriver drills
- Steri-vac aeration cabinets
- Pneumatic tourniquets
- Surgical lasers
- Scalpels
- Microscopes
- Robotic arms
- Surgical robotics equipment
- Blood/fluid warmers
- Manual blood pressure units
- Tracheostomy tubes
- Vacuum extractors
- Nerve stimulators
- Venodynes
- Surgical probes
- Endoscopic vein harvesting equipment
- Cryo-ophthalmic units
- Surgical clamps
- Robotic manipulators
- Spark-gap electrosurgical units
- Wheelchairs
- Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM diagnostic medical printers
- Lithotripters
- Thermal cautery units
- Ethylene oxide sterilizers
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Defibrillators
- Anesthesia machines
- Surgical drapes
- Needle holders
- Pulmonary resuscitators
- Video cassette recorders VCR
- Continuous suction machines
- Skin staplers
- Cardiac leg wedges
- Endoscopy equipment
- Central venous catheters
- Syringes
- Suturing needle forceps
- Surgical tubing or irrigation tubing
- Surgical pneumatic drills
- Coronary bypass pumps
- Master control units or manipulators
- Eye magnets
- Fracture tables
- Suture needles
- Sterad machines
- Smoke evacuators
- Slow suction units
- Argon beam coagulators
- Surgical aspirators
- Electronic blood pressure cuffs
- Surgical drills
- Cardiovascular stents
- Chest drains
- Kleinert-Kutz elevators
- Insufflators
- Flash autoclaves
- Positioning equipment
- Fluoroscopy equipment
- Notebook computers
- Autotransfusion systems
- Motorized lift tables
- Surgical drains
- Lab specimen containers
- Neurotome drills
- Foot-operated suction units
- Dermatome blades
- Medical imagining laser printers
- Remote manipulation robots
- Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
- Eye lasers
- Orthopedic arm boards with drains
- Dermatomes
- Surgical forceps
- Voice activated surgical systems
- Intraluminal staplers
- Desktop computers
- Surgical dilators
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Electrosurgical grounding pads
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Surgical navigation systems
- Warm air blankets
- Surgical dissectors
- Orthopedic drills
- Tourniquets
- Hemorrhoidal circular staplers
- Autologous blood recovery systems
- Loupes
- Cryo units
- Cell savers
- Electrocautery equipment
- Medical image database systems
- Internal mammary artery IMA retractors
- Mayo stands
- Ohio suction units
- X ray machines
- Suction machines
- Fiber optic luminators
- Craniotome drills
- Retractors
- Supply documentation software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Nursing documentation software
- Patient scheduling software
- Microsoft Excel
- Patient tracking software
- Internet browser software
- Microsoft Windows
- Email software
- PracticeWorks Systems Kodak WINOMS CS
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Graphics software
- Word processing software
- Surgery workflow communication software
- Database software