Surgical Tech Description:
Performs any combination of tasks before, during, and after surgery to assist the surgical team.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
-Places equipment and supplies in operating room and arranges instruments, according to
instructions
-Assists team members to place and position patient on table
-Scrubs arms and hands and dons gown and gloves
-Aids team to don gowns and gloves
-Maintains supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, and glucose for use during operation
-Hands instruments and supplies to surgeon, holds retractors, cuts sutures, and performs other
tasks as directed by the surgeon during operation
-Puts dressings on patient following surgery
-Counts sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation
-Washes and sterilizes equipment
