Marita Panganiban
Fairfield,CA
Summary
Detail-oriented Operating Room Assistant experienced in sterile field setup and operating room maintenance. Ensured compliance with safety protocols while optimizing team efficiency and maintaining a safe, organized environment to enhance surgical outcomes. Thrived under pressure, demonstrating strong problem-solving skills, effective communication, and adaptability in fast-paced environments.
Overview
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Certification
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years of professional experience
Work History
Operating Room Assistant
Stanford Hospital
Palo Alto, California
01.2006 - Current
- Prepared operating rooms for procedures, assisting surgical teams to ensure readiness.
- Set up sterile field with essential instruments and supplies, ensuring readiness for each procedure.
- Execute pre-surgical preparation, transporting specimens and supplies to the operating room.
- Support patient positioning and comfort during surgeries.
- Assess care needs during procedures, providing assistance to staff.
- Organized instruments and supplies to enhance surgical team efficiency.
- Set up equipment, tools, and supplies for procedures and organized instruments according to surgeons' preference cards.
- Collaborate with nurses to track inventory of supplies and materials.
- Restock supplies, confirming sufficient inventory levels prior to procedure.
- Verify availability of operating room equipment for nurses prior to surgery.
- Maintain cleanliness and organization of the operating environment.
- Maintain a clean and safe environment in the operating room by disposing of used medical supplies properly according to hospital protocol.
- Ensure compliance with safety regulations and hospital protocols.
- Prioritize requests, responding to stat orders immediately.
- Respond quickly to emergency situations following established protocols.
- Transport patients to the holding area to prepare for operating procedures.
- Demonstrated confidence in high-pressure situations while collaborating with surgical teams. to work extremely well under pressure and with a variety of physicians of different temperaments.
Education
High School Diploma -
Holy Angel College
Philippines03-1975
Skills
- Sterile field setup
- Pre-surgical preparation
- Instrument organization
- Operating room upkeep
- Regulatory compliance
- Inventory management
- Emergency response
- Patient transportation
- Patient care
- PPE use
- Data management
- Attention to detail
- Critical thinking
- Problem solving
- Work under pressure
- Time management
- Adaptability
- Planning
- Collaborative
- Communication
- Effective communication
- Written communication
- Decision-making
- Dependable responsibility
- Multitasking
- Professional collaboration
- Team collaboration
- Google drive
- Computer skills
- Onsite support
- Customer relations
- Problem resolution
- Empathetic communication
- Time organization
- Empathetic communication
Languages
English
Professional
Certification
- Basic Life Support
Timeline
Operating Room Assistant
Stanford Hospital
01.2006 - Current
High School Diploma -
Holy Angel College