Surgical Technologists usually work in hospitals, day surgery clinics and other health care settings. Under direct supervision, the surgical technologists are members of the operating room team that most commonly includes surgeons, anesthesiologists, and circulating nurses. Before an operation, surgical technologists help prepare the operating room by setting up surgical instruments and equipment, sterile drapes, and sterile solutions. They assemble both sterile and non-sterile equipment, as well as adjust and check to ensure all equipment is working properly.

This course will cover the surgical technologist's role beginning from pre-op preparation, during the operative procedure and finish with post-operative room break down.

Program Objectives

After completing this program, learners will be able to:

• Discuss the legal and ethical issues of surgical technology
• Understand the scope of practice, risk management and liability issues
• Knowledge and practice of the asepsis and sterile technique
• Practice of safe patient care and safe surgical practices/li>
• Discuss blood-borne pathogens related to the surgical environment
• Recognize specific drug classifications and their characteristics
• Discuss the various types of suture and each application
• Recognize basic surgical instruments and discuss their application
• Describe preoperative routines
• Discuss and demonstrate the principle of surgical positioning and draping
• Demonstrate appropriate technique for gowning and gloving of self and other team members
• Knowledge of instrument set ups required by a variety of surgical procedures
• Identify basic instruments by type, function, and name
• Identify and prepare supplies used in the OR
• Identify the basic organizational structures of the human body and the function of the body systems as they apply to surgery

Certification Opportunities

Students who successfully complete this CCI Surgical Technologist Certificate Program may be eligible to sit for the American Allied Health (AAH), National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT), and the National Workforce Career Association (NWCA) national certification exams provided they meet certain requirements which may include hands on scrubs and/or practical experience through either a Clinical Externship and/or Employment Experience. In addition to successfully completing the certification exam, candidates may be required to submit additional documentation to maintain certification.

	American Allied Health (AAH) Surgical Technologist Certification
	National Workforce Career Association (NWCA) Surgical Technologist (STC)
	Tech in Surgery TS-C (NCCT) Certification
National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) Tech in Surgery-Certified (TS-C) Certification Requirements: Any student who successfully completed this program either live on-campus or online and are interested in pursuing the NCCT (TS-C) national certification exam must meet the following criteria to achieve certification: Successfully meet all the requirements of the program and be issued a Surgical Technology certificate of completion from CCI. Complete a mandatory externship where you are required to complete 125 surgical cases, as verified by the clinical site using NCCT's Tech in Surgery-Certified Critical Skill Competency/Qualification by Experience Documentation.    Please review the following resources found on the National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) website. The Qualification by Experience and Critical Skill Form (TS-C (NCCT) Critical Skill Comp.pdf) outlines the verification of critical skill competency requirements, and the Tech in Surgery Eligibility Criteria Document (TS-C Route.pdf) details the approved pathways to sit for the TS-C exam. When registering for the NCCT TS-C exam, students who successfully complete this program will qualify under the "Graduate Pathway" as described in the Tech in Surgery Eligibility Criteria Document.