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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Operating Room Technician (OR Tech)” 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 Technician (OR Tech)” 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 Technician (OR Tech)” 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 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.

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

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

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

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

  • Order surgical supplies.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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