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==Employment== Most surgical technologists, about 60 percent in the U.S., work in [[hospital]]s, primarily in operating rooms. Surgical technologists also deal with equipment, such as handling a [[C-arm|C-arm fluoroscope]] in [[angioplasty]] and orthopedics. A surgical technologist with experience in multiple specialties is often preferred. Other scrub technologists may work in offices of [[physician]]s or [[dentist]]s who perform [[outpatient surgery]] and in [[outpatient care]] centers, including [[ambulatory surgery center]]s.<ref name="Us Bureau of Labor and Statistics"/> In the U.S., depending on the role and employment setting, surgical technologists may go by different titles including ''scrub surgical technologist'' or ''circulating surgical technologist''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facs.org |title=American College of Surgeons |publisher=Facs.org |access-date=2012-01-02}}</ref><ref name="ast.org">[http://www.ast.org Association of Surgical Technologists.] Accessed 5-Mar-2011.</ref> A few technologists in private practices (also called "private scrubs") are employed directly by surgeons who have special surgical teams, such as those for [[liver transplant]]s.{{cn|date=May 2023}} Career prospects for surgical technologists are expected to grow in the coming years. According to the U.S. [[Bureau of Labor Statistics]], employment of surgical technologists is expected to grow by 19 percent by 2020, faster than the average for all [[Employment|occupations]].<ref name="Us Bureau of Labor and Statistics"/> This trend is related to the expected rise in the number of surgical procedures performed, as the population grows and ages. Older people, including the [[Baby Boomer Generation|baby boomer generation]], generally require more surgical procedures and will begin to account for a larger proportion of the general population. In addition, technological advances, such as [[fiber optics]], [[laser]] and [[Robotic surgery|robotic]] technology, will permit an increasing number of new surgical procedures to be performed and also will allow surgical technologists to participate in a greater number of procedures.<ref name="Us Bureau of Labor and Statistics"/>
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