AORN: Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
Professional organization for surgical nurses; originally known as the Association of
Operating
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ARC/STSA: Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and
Surgical Assisting
Establishes, maintains, and promotes quality standards for education programs in
surgical technology and surgical first assisting.
Assistant circulator
The surgical technologist in the non-sterile role of the surgical team responsible for
monitoring the conditions in the operating room that are related to patient care,
safety, documentation, distribution of sterile supplies, and counts.
AST: Association of Surgical Technologists
Professional association for surgical technologists that strives to uphold and support
the standards of patient care and the profession.
CAAHEP: Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
Accredits health science programs, including those for surgical technology.
CST: Certified surgical technologist
A surgical technologist who has successfully passed the certified examination given
by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting.
CST-CFA: Certified surgical technologist-certified first assistant
A surgical technologist with advanced training who has successfully passed the
certification examination for surgical first assistants.
Scrub
Role and name commonly applied to the surgical technologist or licensed nurse in
the sterile scrub role during surgery.
Sterile personnel
Members of the surgical team who have performed a surgical scrub or hand and arm
antisepsis procedure. They don sterile gown and gloves and either perform the
surgery or assist directly.
Surgical conscience
In surgery, professional and personal honesty about one's actions, mistakes, and
abilities.
What has the surgical technologist developed as a result of?
Rapid, monumental developments in technology.
When did the need for other types of personnel in surgery arise?
World War II. During World War I, Army Corpsmen worked on the battlefield to offer
aid and comfort to the wounded, but they had no role in surgery.
How was the new profession of operating room technicians (ORTs) born? What were
their primary role?
Army corpsmen worked under the direct supervision of surgeons when nurses were
unavailable. They primarily functioned as a circulator.
What happened to the roles in 1965?
Registered nurses filled the role of scrub or "instrument nurse" until 1965. Then the
roles reversed and hospitals began to train civilian ORTs.
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