2. Workplace Management
Objectives:
Identify the members of the surgical team
and describe the functional responsibilities
of each during the three phases of
surgical case management
List the chain of command in the surgical
setting
3. Workplace Management
Objectives:
Outline the scope of practice for the
surgical technologist and understand the
behaviors necessary to function
responsibility within that scope of practice
List and describe related career
opportunities for the surgical technologist
8. Workplace Management
ST – Preoperative Case Management
Don OR attire and PPE
Gather necessary items
Open sterile supplies
Scrub, gown, and glove
Organize the sterile field
Count necessary items
Assist team members to enter the sterile field
Expose the operative site with sterile drapes
9. Workplace Management
ST – Intraoperative Case Management
Passing instrumentation, equipment, and
supplies to sterile team members
Preparation and handling of pharmaceuticals
Predicting the needs of the patient and other
team members and preparing necessary items
Counting necessary items
Caring for specimens
Applying dressings
10. Workplace Management
ST – Postoperative
Case Management
Maintain the sterile field
until the patient is
transported
Remove used
instruments, equipment,
and supplies from the OR
Caring and maintaining
instruments, equipment,
and supplies following use
Preparing the OR for the
next patient
11. Workplace Management
Chain of Command in the Surgical Setting
Team members (according to the
situation)
Charge Nurse/Team Leader
Director of Surgical Services
Director of Nursing
22. Professional Management
Objectives:
Recognize the need for information, locate
and evaluate information, apply and
convey the information in a variety of
formats
Understand the importance of
credentialing and distinguish between
certification, registration, and licensure
23. Professional Management
Objectives:
Define the purpose for obtaining
continuing education credits and describe
the methods through which credits may
be obtained
List and describe the organizations that
support surgical technology education and
the profession
24. Professional Management
Objectives:
List and describe healthcare agencies
related to the practice of surgical
technology
Define professionalism and begin to model
professional behavior
28. Professional Management
Credentialing
How is certification for the surgical
technologist achieved?
1. NBSTSA (National Board of Surgical Technology and
Surgical Assisting)
Other Credentialing Organizations
1. NCCT (National Center for Competency Testing)
2. NHA (National Healthcareer Association)
What’s the difference between these credentials?
