Surgical scrub technician vs dialysis technician

Differences between surgical scrub technician and dialysis technician duties and responsibilities

Surgical scrub technician example responsibilities.

• Manage sterilization of field during surgical procedures, ensuring cleanliness and sanitation meet organization protocol.
• Clamp, ligation and cutting of tissue per surgeon's directive.
• Pass instruments, sponges, sutures, and needles to surgeons and their assistants.
• Communicate patient status to other units including PACU, ICU, and blood bank.
• Remain flexible to float into the PACU, same day surgery, prep room, and GI as needed.
• Act as liaison between technical staff, anesthesia residents, MD's, CRNA's, and hospital management.
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Dialysis technician example responsibilities.

• Maintain national certification as CCHT and attain CE's as required.
• Practice guidelines require by national standard and regulatory agencies and infection control when sterilizing equipment, catheter sites, puncture sites.
• Initiate, monitor, and terminate dialysis treatments for individual patients through intravenous and/or catheter ports.
• Observe patients during hemodialysis treatments and identify patient problems and/or complications and report any unusual findings to the nurse supervisor.
• Operate hemodialysis machines, calculate fluid removal/replacement, monitor venous and arterial pressures, and check patients for adverse reactions.
• Demonstrate proficiency in laboratory procedures and equipment functions to perform duties accurately; comply with standard procedures and cleanliness guidelines.
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