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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Operating Room Surgical Technologist” 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 Technologist” 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 Technologist” 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

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

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

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

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Order surgical supplies.

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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