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Annette Morin

CST
San Antonio,TX
Annette Morin

Summary

Surgical tech offering 23 years of experience and success in working as an integral member of the surgical team. Highly knowledgeable in wide range of procedures, including Retina ,Cataract ,Blepharoplasty, procedures of the eye, ENT :Total Thyroid, balloon sinuplasty, Tonsil Plastic Surgery: Facelifts, Breast Augmentation

Abdominal plasty Hands such as Carpal Tunnel to Finger Reattachment Ortho :Shoulder Scopes , Knee Scopes , Rotator cuff repair, Labrum repair Podiatry: cases such as Bunions Hammertoes , Triple arthrodesis

Current : CPR

Current : BLS

Overview

24
years of professional experience

Work History

Methodist Healthcare System
San Antonio, TX

Surgical Technologist
01.1996 - 04.2020

Job overview

  • Gathered and set up equipment, tools and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction.
  • Created and maintained unobstructed operative fields using diverse range of tools, including retractors, sponges and suctioning and irrigation equipment.
  • Worked with vendors for speedy procurement of services and equipment.
  • Managed operating room setup by cleaning and sterilizing instruments and surfaces, maintaining supply inventories and organizing surgical tools.
  • Sterilized instruments and equipment for specific procedures and arranged for surgeons.
  • Sterilized instruments and disposed of medical supplies and waste following OSHA guidelines.
  • Anticipated surgeons needs and handed instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures.
  • Decontaminated, cleaned, assembled, packaged, sterilized, stored and distributed reusable surgical instrumentation and equipment.
  • Created unobstructive operative fields by using retractors, sponges, and suction and irrigating equipment.
  • Prepared instruments for terminal sterilization and reset surgical suites for next procedure.
  • Decontaminated instruments and equipment and properly disposed of contaminated materials.
  • Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies and instruments.
  • Completed needle, instrument and sponge counts and recorded inventories.
  • Kept accurate counts of needle, instrument and sponge inventories.
  • Used sutures, staples, clips and other tools to close wounds.
  • Assisted surgeons with reductions, pain injections and casting.
  • Cleaned, restocked and set up surgical suites.
  • Created safe operating environments for invasive and non-invasive procedures.
  • Conducted initial and terminal sponge, instrument and needle counts.
  • Sterilized instruments and equipment based on needs for specific procedures.
  • Delivered exemplary assistance and support to surgeons during general, gynecological, orthopedic, neurological and plastic surgery procedures.
  • Trained staff on operating room policies and procedures, infection control standards and safety protocols.
  • Quickly and accurately set up equipment and counts, following surgical protocols and surgeon preferences.
  • Prepared instruments for sterilization.
  • Setup operating and surgery rooms for patients, including preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures.
  • Arranged instruments according to surgeons' preferences.
  • Collected, prepared, and disposed of medical specimens.
  • Controlled bleeding during procedures by applying hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, and electrocautery equipment.
  • Performed and documented pre-surgery and post-surgery sponge, instrument, and needle count.
  • Operated, adjusted, and monitored diagnostic equipment and other machines used during procedures.
  • Sterilized instruments and equipment based on daily needs and specific procedures.
  • Maintained high infection control standards.

Education

Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, TX

Associate Degree from Surgical Tech
05.1994

University Overview

Skills

  • Infection control protocols
  • Setting up and operating equipment
  • Passing surgical instruments
  • Safety protocols expertise
  • Patient confidentiality

Timeline

Surgical Technologist
Methodist Healthcare System
01.1996 - 04.2020
Del Mar College
Associate Degree from Surgical Tech

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