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AI for Surgical Technologists

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

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 surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Surgical Technologists · O*NET 29-2055.00 · Job Zone 3 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

10 of 15tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

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The tools this job actually uses

15 documented for this occupation. Showing 15, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • MEDITECH softwarehot
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  • Database software
  • Electronic medical record EMR software
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  • Patient scheduling software
  • Patient tracking software
  • Supply documentation software
  • Surgery workflow communication software

What this job involves

18 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 18.

  1. Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
  2. Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
  3. Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.
  4. Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
  5. Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
  6. Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
  7. Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
  8. Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.
  9. Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
  10. Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.
  11. Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
  12. Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
  13. Order surgical supplies.
  14. Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.
  15. Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.
  16. Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.
  17. Schedule surgical procedures for patients.
  18. Transport patients to and from the operating room.
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