Surgical Assistants

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• Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.

  physical work, outside the screen · 7.3% of the role's time · $102M

• Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.

  physical work, outside the screen · 6.3% of the role's time · $88.0M

• Verify the identity of patient or operative site.

  physical work, outside the screen · 5.9% of the role's time · $83.4M

• Clamp, ligate, or cauterize blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry, using hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, or electrocautery equipment.

  physical work, outside the screen · 5.2% of the role's time · $73.3M

• Coordinate or participate in the positioning of patients, using body stabilizing equipment or protective padding to provide appropriate exposure for the procedure or to protect against nerve damage or circulation impairment.

  physical work, outside the screen · 5.2% of the role's time · $72.8M

• Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field.

  physical work, outside the screen · 5.1% of the role's time · $71.4M

• Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.

  physical work, outside the screen · 4.9% of the role's time · $68.5M

• Obtain or inspect sterile or non-sterile surgical equipment, instruments, or supplies.

  physical work, outside the screen · 4.8% of the role's time · $67.4M

• Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.

  reason given most often: a failure is too expensive · 4.8% of the role's time · $66.9M

• Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.

  physical work, outside the screen · 4.5% of the role's time · $62.6M

• Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers.

  physical work, outside the screen · 4.3% of the role's time · $60.0M

• Assess skin integrity or other body conditions upon completion of the procedure to determine if damage has occurred from body positioning.

  physical work, outside the screen · 4.1% of the role's time · $57.3M

• Discuss with surgeon the nature of the surgical procedure, including operative consent, methods of operative exposure, diagnostic or laboratory data, or patient-advanced directives or other needs.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 4.1% of the role's time · $56.8M

• Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies.

  physical work, outside the screen · 4.0% of the role's time · $56.1M

• Assist members of surgical team with gowning or gloving.

  physical work, outside the screen · 3.6% of the role's time · $50.1M

• Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications.

  physical work, outside the screen · 3.4% of the role's time · $47.6M

• Monitor patient intra-operative status, including patient position, vital signs, or volume and color of blood.

  physical work, outside the screen · 3.3% of the role's time · $46.2M

• Operate sterilizing devices.

  physical work, outside the screen · 3.2% of the role's time · $44.4M

• Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 2.9% of the role's time · $40.1M

• Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.

  physical work, outside the screen · 2.4% of the role's time · $34.0M

• Transport patients to operating room.

  physical work, outside the screen · 2.2% of the role's time · $31.4M

• Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.

  physical work, outside the screen · 2.2% of the role's time · $31.2M

• Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.

  physical work, outside the screen · 1.7% of the role's time · $24.4M

• Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain.

  physical work, outside the screen · 1.5% of the role's time · $21.3M

• Insert or remove urinary bladder catheters.

  physical work, outside the screen · 1.1% of the role's time · $15.4M

• Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.

  physical work, outside the screen · 0.9% of the role's time · $13.1M

• Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.

  physical work, outside the screen · 0.7% of the role's time · $10.2M

• Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.

  physical work, outside the screen · 0.4% of the role's time · $6.0M