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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Certified Surgical Technician” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #247 of 702. Estimated risk: 34.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

44%

“Certified Surgical Technician” will probably not be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 44% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

55%

“Certified Surgical Technician” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 55% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Surgical Technologists, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Avg. Annual Salary $65,810
Avg. Hourly Wage $31.64
Available Jobs (US) 113,890
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Surgical Technologists #29-2055
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Surgical Technologists”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Prepare, care for, and dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.

  • Order surgical supplies.

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

  • Maintain supply of fluids, such as plasma, saline, blood, or glucose, for use during operations.

  • Clean and restock operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

  • Hand instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors and cut sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

  • Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical nurses, or anesthesiologists.

  • Operate, assemble, adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, or diagnostic equipment to ensure proper operation.

  • Count sponges, needles, and instruments before and after operation.

  • Prepare dressings or bandages and apply or assist with their application following surgery.

  • Monitor and continually assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.

  • Scrub arms and hands and assist the surgical team to scrub and put on gloves, masks, and surgical clothing.

  • Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.

Technologies & Software

  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Word processing software
  • Glass AI
  • Patient scheduling software
  • Nuance DAX (Microsoft)
  • Electronic medical record EMR software
  • Google Drive
  • Perplexity AI
  • Amboss AI
  • Nursing documentation software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Email software
  • Patient tracking software
  • Surgery workflow communication software
  • Epic AI
  • Nabla Copilot
  • Supply documentation software
  • MEDITECH software
  • Microsoft Word
  • Graphics software
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Internet browser software
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Abridge
  • Database software
  • Digital electrosurgical units
  • Positioning equipment
  • Master control units or manipulators
  • Wheelchairs
  • Nerve stimulators
  • Stretchers
  • Ultrasonic cleaners
  • Electrosurgical units
  • Surgical aspirators
  • Pulmonary resuscitators
  • Tourniquets
  • Dermatomes
  • Anesthesia machines
  • Continuous suction machines
  • Surgical probes
  • Surgical clamps
  • Surgical drains
  • Orthopedic drills
  • Argon beam coagulators
  • Notebook computers
  • Fluoroscopy equipment
  • Suturing kits
  • Surgical pneumatic drills
  • Fiber optic luminators
  • Orthopedic arm boards with drains
  • Craniotome drills
  • Coronary bypass pumps
  • Flash autoclaves
  • Tracheostomy tubes
  • Cryo-ophthalmic units
  • Surgical lasers
  • Eye magnets
  • Endoscopic camera/video systems
  • Suturing needle forceps
  • Washer sterilizers
  • Steri-vac aeration cabinets
  • Medical image database systems
  • Autotransfusion systems
  • Autologous blood recovery systems
  • Cryo units
  • Electronic blood pressure cuffs
  • Surgical navigation systems
  • Remote manipulation robots
  • Dermatome blades
  • Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet Nd:YAG lasers
  • Blood/fluid warmers
  • Fracture tables
  • Skin staplers
  • Surgical tubing or irrigation tubing
  • Venodynes
  • Spark-gap electrosurgical units
  • Thermal cautery units
  • Tablet computers
  • Slow suction units
  • Portable suction units
  • Motorized lift tables
  • Cell savers
  • Surgical robotics equipment
  • Mayo stands
  • Wound drains
  • Manual blood pressure units
  • Linear staplers
  • Syringes
  • Cholangiocath catheters
  • Surgical retractors
  • Sternal saws
  • Electrosurgical monitors
  • Cardiovascular stents
  • Defibrillators
  • Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM diagnostic medical printers
  • Endoscopy equipment
  • Kleinert-Kutz elevators
  • X ray machines
  • Electrocautery equipment
  • Instrument tables
  • Graspers
  • Sterad machines
  • Ohio suction units
  • Suture needles
  • Medical imagining laser printers
  • Surgical elevators
  • Cardiac leg wedges
  • Personal computers
  • Intraluminal staplers
  • Surgical dilators
  • Minidriver drills
  • Surgical robots
  • Retractors
  • Hyper/hypothermia units
  • Electrosurgical grounding pads
  • Ring stands
  • Adjustable height instrument tables
  • Foot-operated suction units
  • Desktop computers
  • Cavitrons
  • Surgical drapes
  • Washer sanitizers
  • Vacuum extractors
  • Video cassette recorders VCR
  • Insufflators
  • Robotic arms
  • Surgical dissectors
  • Surgical drills
  • Neurotome drills
  • Air driver drills
  • Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
  • Central venous catheters
  • Microscopes
  • Needle holders
  • Lithotripters
  • Ethylene oxide sterilizers
  • Endoscopic vein harvesting equipment
  • Autoclaves
  • Voice activated surgical systems
  • Robotic manipulators
  • Hemorrhoidal circular staplers
  • Scalpels
  • Internal mammary artery IMA retractors
  • Surgical forceps
  • Loupes
  • Smoke evacuators
  • Warm air blankets
  • Pneumatic tourniquets
  • Surgical stapling equipment
  • Intestinal stapling devices
  • Suction machines
  • Laparoscopes
  • Lab specimen containers
  • Instrument positioning equipment
  • Eye lasers
  • Chest drains
  • Doppler ultrasound equipment

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