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Surgical Technologists

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · Job Skills & Competencies · SOC 29-2055 · 6 skills

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  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.
  • Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.
  • Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.

O*NET task statements are shown in their source language (English). Task data excerpted from the O*NET® 29.1 Database (USDOL/ETA) and used under CC BY 4.0.

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A bounded sample of popular skills mapped to this occupation, with at most one Skill from each GitHub repository. The complete mapped list follows.

conducting-surgical-time-outs
33
CaseMarkCaseMark/skills
Structures WHO surgical safety checklist completion with sign-in, time-out, and sign-out documentation. Use when performing surgical time-outs, completing safety checklists, or documenting pre-incision verification.
managing-robotic-surgery-documentation
21
lev-oslev-os/agents
Documents robotic-assisted procedures with system setup, docking, console time, and conversion criteria. Use when documenting robotic procedures, recording system parameters, or noting robotic-specific complications.
surgical-safety-checklist
15
Open-MedicaOpen-Medica/open-medical-skills
Digital implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist for pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative verification. Reduces surgical complications and improves team communication.
surgical-technologist
14
wonsukchoiwonsukchoi/domain-experts
Use when a task needs the judgment of a Certified Surgical Technologist — setting up and defending a sterile field, resolving a sponge/sharp/instrument count discrepancy, sequencing instruments for a procedure from a preference card, deciding whether immediate-use steam sterilization is appropriate, or handling a surgical specimen at the field.

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