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Download this 2026 updated comprehensive study guide on surgical technology, covering the history of the profession, surgical technologist roles, and patient care in perioperative settings, including operating room procedures, sterile techniques, surgical team responsibilities, and essential concepts for clinical training and exam preparation.

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Surgical
Technology:
History, Roles, and
Patient Care in
Perioperative
Settings –
comprehensive
study guide and
exam review
material




Surgical
Surgical
Technology_
Surgical
Technology_
Technology_
History,History,
Roles,History,
Roles,
and Patient
Roles,
and Patient
Care
and in
Patient
Care
Perioperative
inCare
Perioperative
in Perioperative
Settings
Settings
– comprehensive
Settings
– comprehensive
– comprehensive
study guide
study and
guide
study
exam
and
guide
review
exam
and review
material.pdf
exam review
material.pdf
material.pdf

, Surgical Technology_ History, Roles, and Patient Care in Perioperative Settings.pdf Surgical Technology_ History, Roles, and Patient Care in Perioperative Settings.pdf Surgical Technology_ History, Roles, and Patient Care in Perioperative Settings.pdf


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What is surgical technology? An allied health profession involving specialty trained individuals who assist in
surgical procedures.


What roles did nurses play in surgery before World War Nurses served as surgical assistants, responsible for instrument preparation and
II? assisting with ether administration.


How did the role of surgical personnel change after The need for operating room personnel increased due to a nursing shortage,
World War II? leading to corpsmen being trained to assist in surgery.


What organization was developed during the Korean War The Association of Operating Room Technicians (AORT).
to address surgical staffing needs?


What significant change occurred in 1965 regarding Operating Room Technologists (ORTs) began scrubbing, while Registered Nurses
surgical roles? (RNs) circulated.


What year did formal training for civilian ORTs begin? Formal training began in 1965.


What was the first certifying exam for surgical The first certifying exam was administered in 1970.
technologists administered?

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