Preoperative Duties:

• Sterilizing instruments
• Equipment setup
• Preparing surgical tools
• Preparing the patient
• Reviewing the patient’s chart
• Transporting the patient before surgery begins

• Intraoperative Duties:

  • Passing instruments
  • Assisting the surgeon
  • Disinfecting incision sites
  • Maintaining a highly sterile technique when handling surgical instruments
  • Ensuring patient safety in a high-stress environment
  • Engaging in teamwork with registered nurses and surgeons
  • Dressing the incision site
  • Handling diagnostic equipment