HR 255 — A Resolution designating the week of September 21 through 27, 2025, as "Surgical Technologist Week" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.   1888

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



              HOUSE RESOLUTION
                 No. 255
                                                 Session of
                                                   2025

     INTRODUCED BY RAPP, ZIMMERMAN, VENKAT, GREINER, CAUSER, ROWE,
        STENDER, RIVERA AND VITALI, JUNE 10, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JUNE 10, 2025


                                  A RESOLUTION
 1   Designating the week of September 21 through 27, 2025, as
 2      "Surgical Technologist Week" in Pennsylvania.
 3         WHEREAS, Surgical technologists play a vital role in the care
 4   and health of surgical patients in this Commonwealth; and
 5         WHEREAS, Surgical technologists, also called scrubs, play an
 6   integral role in the surgical team, serving in many capacities
 7   alongside surgeons, nurses, anesthesia providers and other
 8   health care personnel; and
 9         WHEREAS, All major hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers
10   in this Commonwealth employ surgical technologists to work with
11   surgeons in the operating room to provide quality patient care;
12   and
13         WHEREAS, As a large percentage of the general population
14   approaches retirement age and as technological advances such as
15   fiber optics and laser technology permit new surgical
16   procedures, employment of surgical technologists who are
17   educated in these technologies is expected to grow faster than
18   average for all occupations; and
 1      WHEREAS, In this Commonwealth, 17 programs in surgical
 2   technology graduate quality students; and
 3      WHEREAS, Each year the Association of Surgical Technologists
 4   designates a week in September as "National Surgical
 5   Technologists Week" to celebrate and promote the profession; and
 6      WHEREAS, It is fitting that these medical professionals
 7   receive recognition for their contributions to the care and
 8   health of the residents of this Commonwealth; therefore be it
 9      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
10   week of September 21 through 27, 2025, as "Surgical Technologist
11   Week" in Pennsylvania.




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