Enhancing the profession to ensure quality patient care.

AST Headquarters will be closed Monday, January 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will resume regular business hours on Tuesday, January 21 at 8 am MT.

RECERTIFICATION Advanced CE

AST Educators Conference

This premier educators event heads to San Antonio in February, and if you're a surgical
technology educator, it's an event you won't want to miss. Registration is now open!

CSPS Safe Surgery Team
Roles and Credentials

The Council on Surgical and Perioperative Safety understands the importance
of safe surgery settings. That's why they have recognized a team of safe surgery
personnel to provide the highest level of patient safety.

View The Roles

Joint Position Statement On
The Opioid Abuse Epidemic

AST, along with its partner organizations, encourages CSTs and CSFAs to be involved in community-wide efforts to address the opioid crisis and learn how to educate others regarding the misuse of prescription drugs.

Read the statement

Military
Scholarships

Never been to AST’s Surgical Technology Conference?
Are you active, retired or disabled military?
You may be eligible.

Learn more

MEMBERS

Update your contact information, renew your membership, submit CE credits online and more.

PROFESSIONALS | STUDENTS

EDUCATORS

Get the details about the educators conference, and find tools, resources and more to help you in the classroom.

EVENTS | AWARDS | SPEAK FOR US!

STATE ASSEMBLIES

Find everything you need about your state assembly including each SAs website, policies, bylaws and more.

SA WEBSITES | SA BYLAWS | SALC

PUBLIC POLICY

Find everything you need about your state assembly including each SAs website, policies, bylaws and more.

MISSION | MAP OF STATE LAWS

Association of Surgical Technologists

Join us as we enhance our profession
in order to ensure quality surgical patient care

The Association of Surgical Technologists (AST) was established in 1969 with the mission of ensuring quality patient care.

Today, AST is proud to acknowledge more than 40,000 members and represents the interests of more than 80,000 practitioners nationwide. AST actively promotes education for the profession; legislatively advocates for practitioner recognition; supports state-level constituent organizations; and has committed to students as the future of the profession.

As the oldest and most widely recognized professional organizations for surgical technologists, AST's primary purpose is to ensure that surgical technologists possess the knowledge and skill sets to administer the highest quality of care for every patient. Aeger primo!