Job Summary
The OT Technician prepares the operating room, maintains a highly sterile environment, calibrates specialized surgical machinery, and directly assists the surgical team before, during, and after surgical operations.
Key Responsibilities
1. Pre-Operative Preparation
- Sterilize the setting: Perform room fumigation and deep sanitization according to hospital protocols.
- Set up instruments: Arrange, count, and prepare specific surgical instrument trays and trolleys requested for the scheduled procedure.
- Calibrate machinery: Check, troubleshoot, and test the functionality of anesthesia machines, ventilators, monitors, and centralized oxygen lines.
- Patient transit: Assist in transferring the patient safely from the stretcher onto the operating table and position them as required for the surgery.
2. Intra-Operative Assistance
- Scrub assistance: Pass sterile instruments, sutures, sponges, and surgical supplies to the surgeon seamlessly during live procedures.
- Maintain fluid systems:



Operate and manage surgical suction apparatus and wall suctions during deep-cavity work.
- Anesthesia support: Provide physical and resource support to the anesthesiologist by passing specialized drugs, IV lines, or intubation kits.
- Strict infection control: Monitor the sterile field constantly and immediately flag any breaks in aseptic technique.
3. Post-Operative Tasks & Maintenance
- Count Verification: Perform mandatory final counts of surgical needles, instruments, and sponges with the floor nurse to prevent retained objects.
- Instrument turnaround: Clean, decontaminate, and send used surgical machinery and tool kits back to the Central Sterile Services Department (CSSD).
- Waste management: Safely dispose of hazardous biomedical waste, chemicals, and sharps following legal healthcare regulations.
- Log management: Update surgical data sheets, maintain detailed inventory lists, and log equipment maintenance charts.
Job Requirements & Qualifications
- Education: D

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