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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Operating Room Surgical Technician (OR St)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #247 of 702. Estimated risk: 34.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

44%

“Operating Room Surgical Technician (OR St)” 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%

“Operating Room Surgical Technician (OR St)” 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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

  • 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.

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

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

  • Order surgical supplies.

Technologies & Software

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

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