Operating Room Technician

Operating Room Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Operating room technicians are either called a surgical technician or a surgical technologist. They prepare rooms for surgeries. They are also responsible for having surgical instruments, sterile bandages and linens, fluids, and other equipment ready for the operation. They could also assist the doctors in surgeries when they need an instrument and for counting sponges/ needles before and after operations. They deliver specimens to hospital laboratories for analysis. After an operation they take the patient to a recovery room.

Salary: $16,000-$22,000

Education:

To become a room technician a high school diploma or GED certificate is required.  Some vocational and junior colleges offer programs in operating room technology, and training may be taken at hospitals. Programs can be from one to two years.  Students get trained in medical terminology, physiology, and in sterilization methods. At the end the students must pass an examination to become certified.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?

I think I would like to become one because I might enjoy going to work every day to this. The school work is not that much and I still get to help patients out after surgeries.