Operating Room Technician
Duties and Responsibilities:
Operating room technicians are also called surgical technicians or surgical
technologists. They assist in preparing operating rooms for
surgery. They are responsible for having surgical instruments, sterile
bandages and linens, needed fluids, and other equipment ready for the
operation. They may also assist doctors by handing them needed
instruments during surgery and for counting sponges and needles before and
after the operation. They deliver specimens to hospital laboratories for
analysis, and after operations they take patients to the recovery room.
Average Salary: $16,000
- $22,000
Educational Requirements:
·
High school
diploma or GED certificate is required
·
Two year
program in operating room
· Training
programs in which students receive training in medical terminology, physiology,
and sterilization methods
·
An examination by the Association of Surgical
Technologists to become certified.
I would want to be an operating room technician because the career seems interesting.