How to perform a surgical hand scrub
Surgical hand antisepsis reduces microorganisms on the skin before you enter the sterile field. Follow your facility’s policy and product instructions.
7 steps →How-to guides
Surgical Technologist How-To Guides
Step-by-step guides to common surgical technologist tasks: the practical side of the job.
Common surgical technologist tasks
Step-by-step overviews of tasks surgical technologists perform regularly. Use them to understand the job, prepare for training or refresh your memory.
How to gown and glove using closed gloving
Closed gloving keeps your bare hands from ever touching the outside of the sterile gown or gloves.
7 steps →How to perform a surgical count
Counts prevent retained surgical items, one of the most serious preventable errors in surgery.
6 steps →Before you practice
Learn every core task
Our Surgical Technologist training walks through these procedures and more, alongside vocabulary, safety and career-launch lessons.