| Surgical Technicians are a valued part of a surgical | | | | job to transport the patient and to place the drapes |
| team at any hospital or surgical center. These | | | | to keep the sterile area clean. Once this is complete, |
| individuals are trained and often certified to do the | | | | the surgical technician then assists the doctors into |
| job at hand. But what exactly is that job. | | | | their surgical gowns and monitor the vital signs of the |
| In New York, as with the rest of the country, the | | | | patient during the procedure. |
| Surgical Technician assists in the operating suite and | | | | Other duties that a New York Surgical Technician |
| helps to make the entire process as sterile as | | | | may encounter include passing instruments to the |
| possible. The Surgical Technician ensures that the | | | | doctors or doctor's assistants. The technician is also |
| suite is safe for the patient and doctors before the | | | | responsible for ensuring the same number of sponges |
| operation begins by placing the appropriate equipment | | | | and sharps that went into the patient came out of |
| in the room. This includes ensuring that the equipment | | | | the patient. There are some instances that the |
| is sterile and that the sterile drapes are in place. | | | | surgical technician may be asked to hold a retractor |
| The surgical technicians in New York also prepare the | | | | or assist in a minor way with a surgical procedure. |
| patient by washing, shaving and disinfecting the | | | | There are also incidents where the surgical technician |
| surgical site on the patient prior to surgery. This helps | | | | is asked to operate equipment during the procedure |
| to limit the chances of infection greatly, especially | | | | or asked to re-sterile something that may have |
| such bacterial infections such as Staph infections. | | | | come into contact with a non-sterile surface. |
| Once the patient is ready, it is the surgical technician's | | | | |