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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

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

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

  • 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.

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

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

  • Order surgical supplies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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