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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Operating Room Technologist (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 Technologist (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 Technologist (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

  • 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.

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

  • Observe patients' vital signs to assess physical condition.

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

  • Maintain files and records of surgical procedures.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

  • Wash and sterilize equipment, using germicides and sterilizers.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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