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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

  • Maintain a proper sterile field during surgical procedures.

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

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

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

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

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

  • Order surgical supplies.

Technologies & Software

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

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