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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

  • Order surgical supplies.

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

  • 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.

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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 a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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