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  "socCode": "29-2055.00",
  "title": "Surgical Technologists",
  "summary": "Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.",
  "aliases": [
    "Certified Surgical Technologist (CST)",
    "Operating Room Technician (OR Tech)",
    "Surgical Technician",
    "Surgical Technologist (Surgical Tech)",
    "Certified Surgical Technician",
    "Operating Room Surgical Technician (OR St)",
    "Operating Room Technologist (OR Tech)",
    "Surgical Scrub Technician",
    "Surgical Scrub Technologist (Surgical Scrub Tech)",
    "Cardiovascular Operating Room Technologist (CVOR Technologist)",
    "Operating Room Surgical Technologist",
    "Scrub Technician"
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    {
      "text": "Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.",
      "type": "Core",
      "iwa": "4.A.4.a.5.k"
    },
    {
      "text": "Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.",
      "type": "Core",
      "iwa": "4.A.4.c.3.a"
    },
    {
      "text": "Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.",
      "type": "Core",
      "iwa": "4.A.4.a.5.k"
    },
    {
      "text": "Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.",
      "type": "Core",
      "iwa": "4.A.2.a.3.d"
    },
    {
      "text": "Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.",
      "type": "Core",
      "iwa": "4.A.4.a.5.k"
    },
    {
      "text": "Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.",
      "type": "Core",
      "iwa": "4.A.4.a.5.k"
    },
    {
      "text": "Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.",
      "type": "Core",
      "iwa": "4.A.3.a.2.au"
    },
    {
      "text": "Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.",
      "type": "Core",
      "iwa": "4.A.3.a.1.i"
    },
    {
      "text": "Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.",
      "type": "Core",
      "iwa": "4.A.1.a.2.b"
    },
    {
      "text": "Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.",
      "type": "Core",
      "iwa": "4.A.3.a.2.i"
    },
    {
      "text": "Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.",
      "type": "Core",
      "iwa": "4.A.4.a.5.c"
    },
    {
      "text": "Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.",
      "type": "Core",
      "iwa": "4.A.3.a.1.i"
    }
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  "emergingTasks": [
    {
      "text": "Schedule surgical procedures for patients."
    },
    {
      "text": "Transport patients to and from the operating room."
    }
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    {
      "name": "Maintain sterile operative fields.",
      "iwa": "4.A.4.a.5.k"
    },
    {
      "name": "Protect patients or staff members using safety equipment.",
      "iwa": "4.A.2.a.3.d"
    },
    {
      "name": "Position patients for treatment or examination.",
      "iwa": "4.A.4.a.5.k"
    },
    {
      "name": "Clean medical equipment or facilities.",
      "iwa": "4.A.3.a.1.i"
    },
    {
      "name": "Maintain inventory of medical supplies or equipment.",
      "iwa": "4.A.4.c.3.a"
    },
    {
      "name": "Order medical supplies or equipment.",
      "iwa": "4.A.4.c.3.e"
    },
    {
      "name": "Assist healthcare practitioners during surgery.",
      "iwa": "4.A.4.a.5.k"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sterilize medical equipment or instruments.",
      "iwa": "4.A.3.a.1.i"
    },
    {
      "name": "Prepare biological specimens for laboratory analysis.",
      "iwa": "4.A.3.a.2.au"
    },
    {
      "name": "Apply bandages, dressings, or splints.",
      "iwa": "4.A.4.a.5.c"
    },
    {
      "name": "Adjust settings or positions of medical equipment.",
      "iwa": "4.A.3.a.2.i"
    },
    {
      "name": "Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment.",
      "iwa": "4.A.3.a.3.d"
    },
    {
      "name": "Monitor facilities or operational systems.",
      "iwa": "4.A.1.a.2.b"
    },
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      "name": "Monitor patient conditions during treatments, procedures, or activities.",
      "iwa": "4.A.1.a.2.e"
    },
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