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.