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National Surgical Technologists Week
You are worth celebrating. You work hard for your team. You make the operating room efficient while ensuring patient safety. You deserve recognition! That’s why, in 1984, the Association of Surgical Technologists Board of Directors dedicated the third week in September to recognizing you and your profession. National Surgical Technologists Week has been celebrated every year since and has become a national phenomenon.

National Surgical Technologists Week

September 18-24, 2022
Surgical technologists are essential – not only in the operating room.
This year's theme is Behind the Mayo. For promotional posters, images to download and display and more, visit https://www.ast.org/surgicaltechnologistsareessential/
To enter our Behind the Mayo photo contest, visit https://pr.easypromosapp.com/p/943128
We will be adding more content throughout the month leading up to NSTW so check back often.

Resources to Promote the Profession
"We are the experts in everything sterile and
aseptic. Who better to educate our communities
than the people who work daily to alleviate
contamination and cross-contamination?"
-Cindy Mask, CST, FAST
We are Experts in the Sterile Field.
Now is the Time to Promote It
Read Cindy's guest column on why surgical technologists need to take the lead in promoting sterile technique and importance of PPE.

Watch AST's Career Video and help spread the word about the profession and the critical job surgical technologists perform every day.