29-9093Surgical Assistants
Official English titleSurgical Assistants
Official English duty definition
Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons. May, in accordance with state laws, help surgeons to make incisions and close surgical sites, manipulate or remove tissues, implant surgical devices or drains, suction the surgical site, place catheters, clamp or cauterize vessels or tissue, and apply dressings to surgical site. Excludes “Registered Nurses” (29-1141) and “Surgical Technologists” (29-2055).
Classification parents
- Minor group
- Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
29-9000 - Broad occupation
- Miscellaneous Health Practitioners and Technical Workers
29-9090
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