Surgical scrub technician vs obstetrics technician

Differences between surgical scrub technician and obstetrics 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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Obstetrics technician example responsibilities.

• Handle sterile equipment, maintain inventory and other duties with the operating room, obtain vital signs, stock patients rooms.
• Assist in the nursing care and preparation of obstetrical and/or obstetrical-surgical patients.
• Compose written reports of data collect from patient evaluation and present to department chief for thorough analysis of patient diagnosis.
• Document and scan all record information from holter monitors and any charting notations include by patient.