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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Certified Surgical Technologist (CST)” 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 Technologist (CST)” 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 Technologist (CST)” 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.

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

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

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

  • Order surgical supplies.

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

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

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

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

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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