How do they match: Surgical Technologists

  • Surgeon's Assistant
  • Surgical Assistant
  • Surgical First Assistant

  • 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.

  • Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
  • Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
  • Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.
  • Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
  • Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.
  • Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.

  • Assist healthcare practitioners during surgery.