DIPLOMA IN OT TECHNICIAN

Duration : 2 Years

About the Course:

Operation Theatre Technology courses are job oriented. In India, different variants of this course are available. Some such well known variants includes- Operation Theatre Technology, Operation Theatre Management, Operation Theatre Techniques and Operation Theatre & Anaesthesia Technology.

Operation Theatre Technicians are allied healthcare professionals. Their tasks include assisting Doctors in Surgery, arranging surgical instruments before surgery, sterilizing instrumentation before surgery, cleaning surgical instruments after surgery, carrying out Surgeons’ commands during surgery and taking care of anaesthesia equipment.

Under the setup of a hospital, Operation Theatre technicians are usually part of a team that consists of Doctors, nurses and other allied healthcare professionals.

OT Technology courses mentioned above trains students in aspects like surgical procedures, surgical instruments, anaesthesia equipment & dose, patient monitoring and OT Ethics.

Eligibility :

minimum educational qualification required is- 10+2 passed with minimum 45% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects.

Objectives:

• Basic understanding of Ethics, Discipline, Layout, Equipment in OT
• Technique of receiving, shifting and handling over patients to Wards and Recovery Room.
• Basics of Anaesthesis related things- Equipments
• Positioning of patients in different operations and anaesthesia
• Principles of IV line, fluids, transfusion and C.P.R.
• Laying out of instrument trolleys for different operations.
• Routine care and maintenance of surgical instruments, equipments, endoscopes Anesthetic Machines, Monitors etc.
• Sterilization of OT Room, Instruments, Endoscopes, CSSD.
• Disposal of waste, collection and sending of different samples for examination from OT.
• Providing assistance to Surgeons, Anesthesiologists and Nurses.
• Book Keeping and Stock Maintenance.
• Data collection and information computation.