Associate degrees in Surgical Technology + Technologist: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians and surgical nurses, to maintain, monitor, and enforce the sterile field and adherence to aseptic technique by preoperative, surgical team, and postoperative personnel. Includes instruction in instrument and equipment sterilization and handling; surgical supplies management; wound exposure and closure; surgical computer and robot operation and monitoring; maintenance of hemostasis; and patient and team scrubbing.
The surgical technologist,working closely with surgeons and registered nurses,functions as a member of the surgical team. Courses include the study of basic patient care practices, sterile technique,surgical anatomy, surgical procedures, working as a team, communication skills,ethical/legal aspects of safe patient care, and surgical supplies and instruments. Students receive clinical experience in all the surgical specialties at area hospitals.Graduates...
The Committee Program on Allied Health Education and Accreditation accredits this 2-year Associate degree program in Surgical Technology. Upon graduation, the Surgical Technology graduate will be able to write the National Certification Examination, become certified nationwide, and become employed as a staff technologist in clinics, hospitals, physician's offices and medical industry.
Surgical technologists, formerly called operating room technicians,...
The Surgical Technology program teaches students to set up the operating room, prepare surgical instruments and assist in their use, prepare patients for surgery, and perform other tasks that ensure a safe surgical environment and contribute to and support the operating team‘s efficiency. Surgical technologists (STs) are employed in hospital operating rooms, delivery rooms, emergency departments, ambulatory care areas and physician offices.
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