Duties of OT Technicians / OT Assistants /OT Technologists
OT TECHNICIAN PLAYS VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROTECTING THE OPERATION THEATRE FROM GETTING INFECTED .
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| RITIKA SHARMA OPERATION THEATRE TECHNOLOGIST |
WORK IN THE OPERATION THEATRE IS DIVIDED IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES LIKE ANAESTHESIA TECHNICIAN , SURGICAL TECHNICIAN OR SCRUB NURSE , FLOOR NURSE , OT ASSISTANT ETC. BUT STILL EACH PERSON HAS TO COOPERATE WITH EACH OTHER FOR SMOOTH FUNCTIONING OF OT .
DUTIES OF OT Technicians / OT Assistants /OT Technologists
- THE OT TECHNICIAN HAS TO ASSIST THE ANESTHETISTS .
- HE ALSO HAS TO ASSIST THE SURGEONS .
- HE IS HAS TO MAINTAIN THE INVENTORY OF OPERATION THEATRE .
- ALSO HE SHOULD LOOK AFTER THE INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT BY
- PROPERLY CLEANING AND DISINFECTING THEM .
- REPORTING THE DAMAGED EQUIPMENT .
THE WORK OF OT TECHNICIAN CAN BE DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS
- BEFORE SURGERY
- DURING SURGERY
- AFTER SURGERY
BEFORE SURGERY
FIRST OFF ALL YOU SHOULD WEAR THE OT ATTIRE ( OT DRESS , MASK , CAP , SLIPPERS ETC )
- CHECK ALL THE ELECTRIC POINTS , PLUGS , LIGHTS , CENTRAL GAS SUPPLY , SUCTION MACHINE , O2 CYLINDERS , DIATHERMY MACHINE , MONITORING EQUIPMENT AND SURGICAL MICRO SCOPES ETC.
- SWITCH ON ANAESTHESIA MACHINE AND CALIBRATE IT . ALSO CHECK THE OXYGEN AND NITROUS CYLINDER , SODA LIME , BATTERY BACK UP ETC.
- PREPARE INTUBATION TROLLEY WHICH INCLUDES LARYNGOSCOPES , ET TUBES , LMA , NASAL AND ORAL AIRWAYS , MAGILL FORCEP THROAT PACK , ET TUBE FIXING , STYLATES ETC.
- OT TABLE , OT LIGHTS SHOULD BE CHECKED .
- CHECK SUCTION MACHINE , SUCTION CATHETER
- CHECK MONITORING EQUIPMENT AND ITS ATTACHMENTS LIKE ECG LEAD , SPO2 PROBE , BP CUFF ETC. FOR PROPER DISINFECTION .
- CHECK STOCK & EXPIRY OF DRUGS , I V FLUIDS AND FILL THE INVENTORY REGISTER
- CHECK / PREPARE EMERGENCY MEDICINE (ATROPINE , MEPHENTERMINE AND XYLOCARD , FLUSH )
- IV FLUID SHOULD BE WARMED AT BODY TEMP.
- KEEP THINGS READY ACCORDING TO THE CASE LIST
- EXAMINE THE PATIENT PREPARATION IN PRE OPERATIVE ROOM
- CHECK FOR CONSENT
WHEN PATIENT ARRIVE IN OT
- ASSIST THE ANESTHETIST IN
- MONITORING
- PUTTING IV LINES
- INDUCTION OF ANAESTHESIA BY GIVING DRUGS , ASSIST IN INTUBATION / LUMBAR PUNCTURE / BLOCK
- POSITIONING OF PATIENT
DURING THE SURGERY
- ASSIST SURGEON IN HIS WORK
- MAKE POSITION OF PATIENTS
- PLAYING ROLE OF FLOOR NURSE OR SCRUB NURSE .
AFTER SURGERY
- ASSIST ANESTHETIST IN REVERSAL OF PATIENT
- DO DRESSING OF WOUND
- ACCOMPANY THE PATIENT TO RECOVERY AND PUTTING PROBES AND OXYGEN OR HELP IN TRANSFER OF CRITICAL PATIENTS FROM OT TO ICU , MRI ETC.
APART FROM THIS
- KEEP RECORD OF DRUGS AND OTHER PRODUCTS USED DURING THE SURGERY .
- GET CONSENT SIGNED FROM DOCTOR
- HELP IN CLEANING OR FUMIGATING OT
- GIVE SHOCK TO THE PATIENT USING DEFIBRILLATORS DURING RESUSCITATION .
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